Porphyrio albus White 1790 (White swamphen)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Belongs to Porphyrio according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: 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, Notornis mantelli

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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

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