Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842

Hume, Julian Pender, 2019, Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species, Zootaxa 4626 (1), pp. 1-107 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4626.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6CC12BAF-968F-4BDE-9315-340AF12A76EC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5582626
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E538795-355D-FFE9-FF1F-FD78FBE0FC0C
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scientific name	Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842
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Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 View in CoL

Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842, p.204 View in CoL ; E. Newton, 1888, p.552

Remarks: Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni occurs in Africa, south of Sahara, Madagascar, and the Comoros, and has been accidental to Europe and Atlantic islands ( Safford & Hawkins 2013). It is an extremely rare visitor to the Mascarenes, with only one record of four birds (one specimen collected and held at UMZC) in December 1873 at Oyster Bay, Rodrigues ( Hartlaub 1877; Bourne 1968; Safford & Hawkins 2013).