Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleniThomson, TRH, 1842
English (US) Allen's Gallinule
The Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and ComorosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio alleni
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Allen's Gallinule
- Described by
- Thomson, TRH, 1842
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porphyrio Alleni
- Described by
- Thomson, TRH, 1842
- Type locality
- Idda, Niger River.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.10 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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