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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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| African Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio madagascariensis | AF | Africa and Madagascar | |
| Allen's Gallinule i | Rallidae | Porphyrio alleni | AF | widespread | |
| Australasian Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio melanotus | AU, PO | widespread | |
| Azure Gallinule i | Rallidae | Porphyrio flavirostris | SA | n, Amazonia, sc | |
| Black-backed Swamphen i U | Rallidae | Porphyrio indicus | OR, AU | Sumatra, Java, se Borneo, sw Sulawesi and s Philippines | |
| Grey-headed Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio poliocephalus | PAL, OR | Middle East and Indian subcontinent to s China, n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is. and s Myanmar to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen. | |
| Marquesan Swamphen (EX) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio paepae † | AU | Hiva Oa and Tahuata (Marquesas Islands) | |
| North Island Takahe (EX) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio mantelli †† † | AU | North I. (New Zealand) | |
| Philippine Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio pulverulentus | OR | Philippines (except most West Visayas and Palawan group) | |
| Purple Gallinule i | Rallidae | Porphyrio martinica | NA, MA, SA | se USA to n Argentina | |
| South Island Takahe (EN) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio hochstetteri | AU | montane sw South I.; reintroduced to satellites (New Zealand) | |
| Western Swamphen i U | Rallidae | Porphyrio porphyrio | PAL, AF | sw Europe and nw Africa | |
| White Swamphen (EX) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio albus † | AU | Lord Howe I. (Australia) | |
70% 7 species of 13 (3 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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