Species profile
White Swamphen
Porphyrio albus
Quick answer
Formerly Lord Howe I. Extinct; last reported 1834
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio albus
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Porphyrio
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording White Swamphen in your journal
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