- genus Porphyrio
- nounOld World purple gallinules• Syn: ↑Porphyrio• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae
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genus Porphyrio
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Porphyrio — Taxobox name = Porphyrio image width = 250px image caption = A Purple Swamphen from New Zealand (pūkeko, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Gruiformes familia = Rallidae genus = Porphyrio… … Wikipedia
Porphyrio — Purpurhühner Purpurhuhn (Porphyrio porphyrio) Systematik Unterstamm: Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Porphyrio — noun Old World purple gallinules • Syn: ↑genus Porphyrio • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae … Useful english dictionary
Porphyrio bellus — Swamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[ o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pukeko (Porphyrio melanotus) — Taxobox name = Pukeko |thumb status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Gruiformes familia = Rallidae genus = Porphyrio species = Porphyrio porphyrio subspecies = P. p. melanotus trinomial =… … Wikipedia
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
List of extinct birds — This page refers only to birds that have gone extinct since the year 1500 A.D./C.E. and usually were subject to scientific study while alive.Since 1500, over 190 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be… … Wikipedia
Takahē — Notornis redirects here. For the journal, see Notornis (journal). South Island Takahē On Tiritiri Matangi Island Conservation status … Wikipedia
Purpurhühner — Purpurhuhn (Porphyrio porphyrio) Systematik Unterstamm: Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Klasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
American Purple Gallinule — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
