Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) | Details

Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Gallinula melanops has been assigned to Porphyriops based on molecular findings (Sangster et al. 2015), which are accepted by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
Sangster, G., Garcia-R, J. and Trewick, S. 2015. A new genus for the Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 (Aves, Rallidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 153: 1-8. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.153.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	15,600,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	73300-735000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2023
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.32 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size is estimated at 110,001-1,102,500 individuals (Wetlands International 2023), which equates to 73,300-735,000 mature individuals. The overall population trend is considered to be stable over three generations (12.96 years) (Wetlands International 2023).

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor
Argentina	extant	native
Bolivia	extant	native
Brazil	extant	native
Chile	extant	native
Colombia	extant	native
Paraguay	extant	native
Peru	extant	native
Uruguay	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 3100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/spot-flanked-gallinule-porphyriops-melanops on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.