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Porphyrio
Sign in to savePorphyrio, also known as the swamphen or swamp hen, is a genus of semi-aquatic birds in the rail family Rallidae. It includes some smaller species of gallinules which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world. The group probably originated in Africa in the Middle Miocene, before spreading across the world in waves from the Late Miocene to Pleistocene.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGruiformes
- FamilyRallidae
Dieser Artikel erläutert die Purpurhühner Porphyrio; Eine Beschreibung des Grammatikers und Verfassers eines Horazkommentars findet sich unter Pomponius Porphyrio Die Purpurhühner (Porphyrio) sind eine Gattung der Rallen, in der es mehrere flugunfähige Inselarten gibt.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Rallidae
- Collections
- DMNH, CMNH, MNHN, SAMA, KU, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil, Madagascar, Vietnam, Unknown Or Invalid, Australia, RéUnion, French Guiana
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Encyclopedic overview
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Porphyrio, also known as the swamphen or swamp hen, is a genus of semi-aquatic birds in the rail family Rallidae. It includes some smaller species of gallinules which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world. The group probably originated in Africa in the Middle Miocene, before spreading across the world in waves from the Late Miocene to Pleistocene.
The genus Porphyrio was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) as the type species. The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin name for "swamphen".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porphyrio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.