Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootwaterhoender |
| Albanian | Pulëza e ujit |
| Arabic | دجاجة الماء الاوراسية |
| Armenian | Եղեգնահավ |
| Assamese | ঢেকৰ |
| Asturian | Gallineta común |
| Azerbaijani | Qamışlıq toyuğu |
| Bangla | জলমুরগী |
| Basque | Uroilo arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Зеленоножка |
| Catalan | Polla d'aigua comuna |
| Chinese | 紅冠水雞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑水鸡 |
| Croatian | mlakuša |
| Czech | slípka zelenonohá |
| Danish | Grønbenet Rørhøne |
| Dutch | Waterhoen |
| English | Eurasian Moorhen |
| English (Kenya) | Common Moorhen |
| English (South Africa) | Common Moorhen |
| English (UK) | Common Moorhen |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Moorhen |
| Faroese | Sevhøna |
| Finnish | liejukana |
| French | Gallinule poule-d'eau |
| French (French Guiana) | Gallinule poule-d'eau |
| Galician | Galiña de auga común |
| German | Teichhuhn |
| Greek | Νερόκοτα |
| Gujarati | જળમુરઘી |
| Hebrew | סופית |
| Hindi | काली जलमुर्गी |
| Hungarian | Vízityúk |
| Icelandic | Sefhæna |
| Indonesian | Mandar batu |
| Italian | Gallinella d'acqua |
| Japanese | バン |
| Korean | 쇠물닭 |
| Latvian | Ūdensvistiņa |
| Lithuanian | Nendrinė vištelė |
| Malayalam | പട്ടക്കോഴി |
| Marathi | काळी पाणकोंबडी |
| Mongolian | Хажилгат түнжүүр |
| Norwegian | sivhøne |
| Odia | ମାଣ୍ଡିଆଖାଇ |
| Persian | چنگر نوک سرخ |
| Polish | kokoszka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Galinha-d'água-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | galinha-d'água-europeia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Galinha-d'água |
| Punjabi (India) | ਜਲ ਕੁਕੜੀ |
| Romanian | Găinușă de baltă |
| Russian | Камышница |
| Serbian | Barska kokica |
| Slovak | sliepočka vodná |
| Slovenian | Zelenonoga tukalica |
| Spanish | Gallineta Común |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gallineta Euroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallineta común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Eurasian Moorhen |
| Swedish | rörhöna |
| Telugu | జంబు కోడి |
| Thai | นกอีล้ำ |
| Turkish | Sutavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Курочка водяна |
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fulica Chloropus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.152.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted type locality, England, ex reference to Albin.
Definitions
- GALLINULA
- gallinula
- chloropus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Scientific name definitions
Barry Taylor, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Authors
Barry Taylor, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.commoo3.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 20, 2016
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Authors
Barry Taylor, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.