Back Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus AST Polla blava australasiana Catalan Porphyrio melanotus CEB Porphyrio melanotus Spanish Pukeko Basque طاووسک استرالزی Persian Pukeko French פורפיריה אוסטרלית HE Porphyrio melanotus Italian Pūkeko Maori
| Australasian swamphen | |
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| P. m. melanotus, Northern Territory, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Porphyrio |
| Species: | P. melanotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
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| Synonyms | |
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Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus | |
The Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) is a species of swamphen (Porphyrio) occurring in eastern Indonesia (the Moluccas, Aru and Kai Islands), Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the pūkeko. The species used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen.