Porphyrio porphyrio

Scientific name: Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: Western Swamphen, Sultanhøne

Family: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes and Coots)

Order: Gruiformes

Synonym: Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio

Distribution: Europe, Africa; sw Europe and nw Africa

IUCN Red list: Least Concern

	Acc. no.	Type	Prep.	Country	Date	Sex	Age
1:	NHMO-BI-57977	Preserved specimen		Spain	1971-01-26	Male	Unknown
2:	NHMO-BI-57978	Preserved specimen		Spain	1971-01-26	Female	Unknown
3:	NHMO-BI-57979	Preserved specimen		Spain	1971-01-14	Female	Unknown
4:	NHMO-BI-57980	Preserved specimen		Spain	1971-01-24	Male	Unknown
5:	NHMO-BI-58993	Preserved specimen		New Zealand		Unknown	Unknown
6:	NHMO-BI-58994	Preserved specimen		Australia	1894-07-14	Unknown	Unknown
7:	NHMO-BI-58995	Preserved specimen		New Zealand		Unknown	Unknown
8:	NHMO-BI-58996	Preserved specimen		New Zealand	1879-04-15	Male	Unknown
9:	NHMO-BI-58997	Preserved specimen		Australia	1894-08-20	Female	Unknown
10:	NHMO-BI-58998	Preserved specimen		Australia	1894-08-19	Female	Unknown
11:	NHMO-BI-58999	Preserved specimen	Study skin	Italy	1883-09	Male	Unknown
12:	NHMO-BI-59005	Preserved specimen	Study skin	? Unknown		Unknown	Unknown
13:	NHMO-BI-59057	Preserved specimen	Study skin	Madagascar	1876-03-16	Unknown	Unknown
14:	NHMO-BI-59058	Preserved specimen	Study skin	Reunion		Unknown	Unknown
15:	NHMO-BI-59083	Preserved specimen	Study skin	Angola	1935	Unknown	Unknown
16:	NHMO-BI-68122	Preserved specimen	Mounted - Whole animal	Reunion	1867	Unknown	Unknown
17:	NHMO-BI-74960	Egg	Blown eggshell	India	1909-08-20
18:	NHMO-BI-74961	Egg	Blown eggshell	? Unknown	1902-08-03
19:	NHMO-BI-74962	Egg	Blown eggshell	? Unknown	1903-09-10
20:	NHMO-BI-74963	Egg	Blown eggshell	? Unknown	1918-07-29

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway