Porphyrio mackintoshi De Vis 1892 (rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6:437-456

Belongs to Porphyrio according to P. Brodkorb 1967

See also Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Porphyrio albus, Porphyrio alleni, Porphyrio caerulescens, Porphyrio flavirostris, Porphyrio hochstetteri, Porphyrio kukwiedei, Porphyrio mantelli, Porphyrio martinica, Porphyrio martinicus, Porphyrio mcnabi, Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio paepae, Porphyrio porphyrio, Notornis mantelli

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Porphyrio mackintoshi in the database

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