Subgenus Porphyrio (Notornis) Owen, 1848

Museums

Notornis Owen, R. 1848. On the remains of the gigantic and presumed extinct wingless or terrestrial birds of New Zealand (Dinornis and Palapteryx, with indications of two other genera (Notornis and Nestor). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London [1848]: 1-10 [2].
Type species:
Notornis mantelli Owen, R., 1848 (based on diagnosis) by original designation.
Secondary source:
Peters, J.L. 1934. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 2 xvii 401 pp. [210]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order GRUIFORMES: Rails, Cranes and Allies. pp.177-190 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [187].
Kentrophorina Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1-45. [6].
Type species:
Fulica atra White, 1790 by monotypy.

New South Wales

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	GRUIFORMES	29-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)