| Spot-flanked gallinule | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Porphyriops Pucheran, 1845 |
| Species: | P. melanops
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| Binomial name | |
| Porphyriops melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
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Gallinula melanops | |
The spot-flanked gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is monotypic in the genus Porphyriops. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes, but it is able to survive in properly managed artificial ponds.[2] Its population has declined significantly in recent decades.[2]
The spot-flanked gallinule has a W chromosome that is larger than its Z chromosome, which is unique among bird species.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Porphyriops melanops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692887A93373536. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692887A93373536.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Casallas-Perilla, Maribel; Sánchez, Francisco (2020-05-19). "Resource Relationships Among Foods Consumed by the Spot-Flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) in Colombia". Waterbirds. 43 (1): 36. doi:10.1675/063.043.0104. ISSN 1524-4695. S2CID 218685762.
- ^ Gunski; Kretschmer; Santos de Souza; de Oliveira Furo; Barcellos; Costa; Cioffi; de Oliveira; del Valle Garnero (2019). "Evolution of Bird Sex Chromosomes Narrated by Repetitive Sequences: Unusual W Chromosome Enlargement in Gallinula melanops (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae)". Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 158 (3): 152–159. doi:10.1159/000501381. PMID 31272100. S2CID 195805959.