Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Belongs to Porphyrio according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Worthy and Burley 2019, Worthy et al. 2015 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
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 paepae, Porphyrio porphyrio, Notornis mantelli
Subtaxa: Porphyrio melanotus nujagura Porphyrio melanotus samoensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Caledonia (4 collections), Niue (9), Tonga (3), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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