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Porphyriops melanops  (Vieillot, 1819)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176376

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
  
    Rallus melanops Vieillot, 1819
  
  Common Name(s): galinha-d'água-pintalgada [Portuguese]
  
    galinha-d'água-carijó [Portuguese]
  
    Gallinule à face noire [French]
  
    Gallineta pintada [Spanish]
  
    Spot-flanked Gallinule [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
                               GenusPorphyriops Pucheran, 1845  
                                  SpeciesPorphyriops melanops (Vieillot, 1819) – galinha-d'água-pintalgada, galinha-d'água-carijó, Gallinule à face noire, Gallineta pintada, Spot-flanked Gallinule  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Porphyriops melanops bogotensis Chapman, 1914  
                                     Subspecies Porphyriops melanops crassirostris (J. E. Gray, 1829)  
                                     Subspecies Porphyriops melanops melanops (Vieillot, 1819)  
       

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  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6b (2022), database (version 6b)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6b. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6b_Jul22.zip   
  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops, Spot-flanked Gallinule [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee  
  Publication Date: 1934   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xvii + 401   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: London, England, UK   
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  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taylor, Barry  
  Publication Date: 1988   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World   
  Page(s): 600   
  Publisher: Yale University Press   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-300-07758-0   
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  Reference for: Porphyriops melanops   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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