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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Porphyrio porphyrio
Species recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Australia Species List, Botswana Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, China Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kenya Species List, Kuwait Species List, Laos Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mauritania Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Qatar Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Samoa Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Syria Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, Wallis et Futuna Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia MS, wikipedia NN, wikipedia PMS, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Wildfinder (WWF), Sibly et al 2012, and United States Species List
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus 1758)
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus 1758)

Alternative Names

Gallinula madagascariensis Latham 1801
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1801))
Gallinula poliocephalus Latham 1801
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as homotypic synonym of Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801))
Porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham 1801)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Porphyrio Brisson, 1760)
Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham 1801)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Porphyrio Brisson, 1760)
Fulica porphyrio
Synonym according to CITES
Porphyrio madagascariensis
Synonym according to CITES
Porphyrio poliocephalus
Synonym according to CITES
Porphyrio pulverulentus
Synonym according to CITES

Common Names

English

Purple Gallinule
Purple Swamphen preferred
purple swamphen
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
Purple swamphen
Recognized by Flickr BHL and Simpson et al 2020
Western Swamphen

Afrikaans

Grootkoningriethaan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

دجاجة الماء الارجوانية
دجاجة الماء الأرجوانية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

սուլթանական հավ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Assamese

কামচৰাই preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

gallineta azul preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Sultan toyuğu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Uroilo urdin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

বেগুনি কালেম preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Douryar roueel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

султанка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

မယ်ညိုငှက် preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

polla blava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

紫水雞 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
紫水鸡 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

velika sultanka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

Slípka modrá
Recognized by CITES
slípka modrá preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Sultanhøne preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Purperkoet preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Purpura porfirio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

sultantait preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ewe

Gbatami preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Brandnev preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Sulttaanikana
Recognized by CITES
sulttaanikana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Galician

Camón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

პორფირიონი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Purpurhuhn preferred

Hausa

Wundiri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

פורפיריה כחולה מערבית preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

कारिम preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

Kék-fú
Recognized by CITES
kék fú preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Bláhæna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Mandar besar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

Cearcóg chorcra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Pollo sultano preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

セイケイ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Kabardian Circassian

НатӀэплъджэд preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಕೆನ್ನೀಲಿ ನೀರು ಕೋಳಿ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Kökmañdaý preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Көкмаңдай preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
كوكماڭداي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

sultānvistiņa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

paprastoji sultonvištė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Burung Pangling preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

നീലക്കോഴി preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maori

Pūkeko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marathi

जांभळी पाणकोंबडी preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Ásáí Dineʼé Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tóidoozohii dootłʼizhígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nepali

कुर्मा preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

Sultánvuonccis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Blåsultanhøne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Sultanhøne
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
sultanhøne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

طاووسک preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Modrzyk
Recognized by CITES
modrzyk (zwyczajny) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Caimão-comum
Recognized by CITES
camão preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Sultanka
Recognized by CITES
Султанка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Султанка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

sultánka modrá preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Calamón común preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
sultanka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Purpurhöna
Recognized by CITES
västlig purpurhöna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

நீலத் தாழைக்கோழி preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tongan

Kalae preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Sazhorozu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

султанка пурпурова preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

कारिम preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Xít preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Corsiar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

دجاجة الماء الارجوانيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

سولطان توْیوغو preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mzn

او تلا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

جامنی چھپڑ ککڑ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

紫水鸡 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

紫水鸡 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

紫水雞 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

紫水雞 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

紫水雞 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus 1758)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Gruiformes
Rallidae
67 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.