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Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni   [Thomson, 1842]
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Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
BTO Codes: , ALLGA EURING No: 4250
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 50 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: L.: porphyrio=swamphen and after Rear Admiral William Allen (1793-1864)
World Distribution: Africa, s of Sahara
Habitat: Swamp, lily-mantled streams
Diet: Mostly aquatic plants, also invertebrates
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Norfolk, 1902
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 1 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: No Records
   North-east England: No Records
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: Norfolk (1902),
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: Dorset (2002),
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Lille sultanhøne Dutch: Afrikaans Puperhoen
Finnish: Pikkusulttaanikana French: Talève d'Allen
German: Afrika-Sultansralle Hungarian: Bronz szultántyúk
Icelandic: Reyrhæna Irish:
Italian: Pollo sultano di Allen Norwegian: Afrikapurpurhøne
Polish: Sultanka afrykanska Portuguese: Caimão de Allen
Spanish: Calamón de Allen Swedish: Mindre sultanhöna
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Taylor, B. & van Perlo, B. 1998 Rails Pica Press, Sussex [598.554 TAY]
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.21, Jun 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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