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Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porphyriops

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Porphyriops melanops

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spfgal1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Porphyriops

Subspecies (3)

Porphyriops melanops bogotensis

temperate eastern Andes of Colombia
Porphyriops melanops crassirostris

Argentina and Chile (except far south)
Porphyriops melanops melanops

Peru to eastern Bolivia and eastern Brazil to Uruguay and Paraguay

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spfgal1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.