File:Porphyrio albus.png

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Reason: Proportionally too similar to a takahē, the dark primary feathers are inaccurate.[1]

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Description
English: The Lord Howe Swamphen or White Gallinule, Porphyrio albus, was a large bird in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.
Date
Source Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937).
Author
John Gerrard Keulemans  (1842–1912)  wikidata:Q1335286 s:en:Author:John Gerrard Keulemans
 
John Gerrard Keulemans
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Birth name: Johannes Gerardus Keulemans; J. G. Keulemans; Johannes Keulemans
Description Dutch painter, illustrator and ornithologist
Date of birth/death 8 June 1842 Edit this at Wikidata 29 March 1912 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rotterdam Edit this at Wikidata Redbridge Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1857 Edit this at Wikidata–1912 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1335286
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(Reusing this file)		 Not in copyright (Public Domain)

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