Spot-flanked Gallinule
Porphyriops melanops(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Spot-flanked Gallinule
The Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) 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.
- Scientific name
- Porphyriops melanops
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-flanked Gallinule
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Porphyriops melanops bogotensis
- Porphyriops melanops crassirostris
- Porphyriops melanops melanops
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus melanops
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 28 p.553
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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