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Image: Porphyrio albus

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Description: The Lord Howe Swamphen or White Gallinule, Porphyrio albus, was a large bird in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.
Title: Porphyrio albus
Credit: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937).
Author: John Gerrard Keulemans
Permission: Not in copyright (Public Domain)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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