Buller / Keulemans · 1888
Purple Swamphen
Melanonotus Brunner von & Porphyrio Brisson & Porphyrio melanonotus
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01Purple Swamphen
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the platePorphyrio melanonotusSwamp-Hen
Name used todayPorphyrio porphyrio melanotusPurple Swamphen
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
High confidence: The source identification and present taxonomy connect directly through the cited evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- A history of the birds of New Zealand, Volume 2
- Plate
- 7
- Creator
- Walter L. Buller; plates principally by J. G. Keulemans, with uncoloured plates after P. J. Smit by E. Wilson
- Holding institution
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.