Taxon details
NamePurple Swamphen, Porphyrio melanotus madagascariensis
Common/Māori namesPurple Swamphen
Higher ClassificationAnimalia | Chordata | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae | Porphyrio | melanotus | madagascariensis
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