Image of Porphyrio melanotus melanotus Temminck 1820
Description:
A pair of pukekos adopted our lake 4 years ago. The first year they raised 2 chicks in one clutch. Second year, 5 from 6 hatchlings in 2 clutches. Third year, 6 out of 6 in 2 clutches. This past season, 5 out of 5 in two clutches. This morning, the current family of 8 were all covered in frost.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (archosaur)
- Dinosauria (dinosaurs and birds)
- Saurischia (saurischian)
- Theropoda (theropods)
- Tetanurae (tetanuran theropod)
- Coelurosauria (coelurosaur)
- Maniraptoriformes
- Maniraptora (maniraptoran)
- Aves (birds)
- Ornithurae
- Neornithes
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- Gruiformes (cranes and relatives)
- Rallidae (rails)
- Porphyrio (Swamphen)
- Porphyrio melanotus (Australian swamphen)
- Porphyrio melanotus melanotus
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