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Image: Porphyrio coerulescens

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Description: The Réunion Swamphen, Réunion Gallinule or Oiseau bleu (Porphyrio coerulescens) is a hypothetical species of extinct rail from Réunion, Mascarenes until now only known from reports of travellers. One-Half Natural Size—from descriptions
Title: Porphyrio coerulescens
Credit: 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). (https://archive.org/stream/extinctbirdsatte00roth#page/n353/mode/2up)
Author: John Gerrard Keulemans
Permission: Not in copyright (Public Domain)
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License: Public domain
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