Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Alternative combination: Fulica porphyrio
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Porphyrio according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018
See also Balouet and Olson 1989, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Goodman 1999, Linnaeus 1758, Steadman 1993, Steadman et al. 1990, Steadman et al. 1999 and Worthy 1998
Sister taxa: Porphyrio albus, Porphyrio alleni, Porphyrio caerulescens, Porphyrio flavirostris, Porphyrio hochstetteri, Porphyrio kukwiedei, Porphyrio mackintoshi, Porphyrio mantelli, Porphyrio martinica, Porphyrio martinicus, Porphyrio mcnabi, Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio paepae, Notornis mantelli
Subtaxa: Porphyrio porphyrio nujagura
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), New Zealand (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Solomon Islands (11), Tonga (4)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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