Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Synonyms: Ionornis Reichebach 1853, Notornis Owen 1848, Porphyrio (Porphyrula) Linnaeus 1758, Porphyrula Linnaeus 1758
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, De Vis 1892, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Deschamps 2005, Emslie 1992, Lambrecht 1933, Morgan 1994, Olson 1977, Reis and Steadman 1999, Ripley 1977, Wetmore 1956, Worthy 1997, Worthy and Burley 2019, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulica, Fulicaletornis, Fulicinae, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Gallirallus, Hapalocrex, Himantornithinae, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Ludiortyx, Megagallinula, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Montirallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pediorallus, Pleistorallus, Porzana, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Notornis mantelli 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 Porphyrio porphyrio
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (2 collections), Argentina (1), the Bahamas (1), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (1), French Polynesia (8), Greece (1), Jordan (1), Madagascar (4), Martinique (1), Mexico (1), Montserrat (2), New Caledonia (7), New Zealand (6), Niue (9), Norfolk Island (1), Papua New Guinea (3), Puerto Rico (1), Saint Helena (1), Solomon Islands (11), Tonga (7), United States (4: Florida), Vanuatu (1)
• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 78 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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