Australasian Swamphen, also called the Purple Swamphen or the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio melanotus), at Chirnside Park in Melbourne, January 2017. [Porphyrio melanotus 032 Melbourne-Australia 2017-01]
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![Australasian Swamphen, also called the Purple Swamphen or the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio melanotus), at Chirnside Park in Melbourne, January 2017. [Porphyrio melanotus 032 Melbourne-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-frvJJqP/0/4c72becb/L/Porphyrio%20melanotus%20032%20Melbourne-Australia%202017-01-L.jpg)
![An Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami) in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens where there is a healthy population, Brisbane, January 2017. [Alectura lathami 001 Brisbane-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-fzzWXrh/0/289b6fba/Ti/Alectura%20lathami%20001%20Brisbane-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![An Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami) forgaing in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens where there is a healthy population, Brisbane, January 2017. [Alectura lathami 016 Brisbane-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-gsRcwPr/0/13d56577/Ti/Alectura%20lathami%20016%20Brisbane-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![An Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami) in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens where there is a healthy population, Brisbane, January 2017. [Alectura lathami 020 Brisbane-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-66WhdnG/0/945d1c65/Ti/Alectura%20lathami%20020%20Brisbane-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![A Bush Stone-Curlew, or Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius) at the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, January 2017. [Burhinus grallarius 001 Brisbane-Qld-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-GkvXRqn/0/60d6305e/Ti/Burhinus%20grallarius%20001%20Brisbane-Qld-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![A Bush Stone-Curlew, or Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius) at the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, January 2017. [Burhinus grallarius 008 Brisbane-Qld-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-qW2tFSd/0/5bfa0379/Ti/Burhinus%20grallarius%20008%20Brisbane-Qld-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![Head detail of a Bush Stone-Curlew, or Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius) at the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, January 2017. [Burhinus grallarius 012 Brisbane-Qld-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-BSj6SZH/0/cc6e997b/Ti/Burhinus%20grallarius%20012%20Brisbane-Qld-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![A Masked Lapwing, or Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) at Chirnside Park in Melbourne, January 2017. [Vanellus miles novaehollandiae 001 ChirnsidePark-Vic-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-qhfNWFH/0/0b8224ad/Ti/Vanellus%20miles%20novaehollandiae%20001%20ChirnsidePark-Vic-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![Australasian Swamphen, also called the Purple Swamphen or the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio melanotus), surveying its wetland realm at Chirnside Park in Melbourne, January 2017. [Porphyrio melanotus 034 Melbourne-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-jwdk47X/0/87abb412/Ti/Porphyrio%20melanotus%20034%20Melbourne-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![Australasian Swamphen, also called the Purple Swamphen or the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio melanotus), at Chirnside Park in Melbourne, January 2017. [Porphyrio melanotus 032 Melbourne-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-frvJJqP/0/4c72becb/Ti/Porphyrio%20melanotus%20032%20Melbourne-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
![A Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa) at Chirnside Park, Melbourne, January 2017. [Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa 001 Melbourne-Australia 2017-01]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia/i-7nPcphB/0/98de6199/Ti/Gallinula%20tenebrosa%20tenebrosa%20001%20Melbourne-Australia%202017-01-Ti.jpg)
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