Azure Gallinule
Porphyrio flavirostris(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Azure Gallinule
The Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) 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: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Argentina, and BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio flavirostris
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Azure Gallinule
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fulica flavirostris
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, same basis as Boddaert's name.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.699
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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