Life Aves Gruiformes Rallidae

• Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Transcaucasus, Daghestan, Turkmenia. See [maps] Purple Swamphen

  • Porphyrio porphyrio; [AVTAX]

  749x801 (~117Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

  • P. p. porphyrio

    • Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. bellus Gould, 1841

    • Porphyrio porphyrio bellus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. caspius Hartert, 1917

    • Porphyrio porphyrio caspius; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. indicus Horsfield, 1821

    • Porphyrio porphyrio indicus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. melanopterus Bonaparte, 1856

    • Porphyrio porphyrio melanopterus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. melanotus Temminck, 1820

    • Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872

    • Porphyrio porphyrio pelewensis; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)

    • Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. pulverulentus Temminck, 1826

    • Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. samoensis Peale, 1848

    • Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. seistanicus Zarudny & Harms, 1911

    • Porphyrio porphyrio seistanicus; [AVTAX]
  • P. p. viridis Begbie, 1834

    • Porphyrio porphyrio viridis; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)

  • Porphyrio madagascariensis; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio albus (Shaw, 1790)

  • Porphyrio albus †; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio hochstetteri (Meyer, 1883)

  • Porphyrio hochstetteri; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 Kurnuliejukana Allen's Gallinule

  • Porphyrula alleni;
  • Porphyrio alleni; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) American Purple Gallinule

  • Porphyrio martinica; [AVTAX]
• Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)

  • Porphyrio flavirostris; [AVTAX]

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