Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | polla blanca |
Czech | slípka bělavá |
Dutch | Lord-Howepurperkoet |
English | Lord Howe Swamphen |
English (United States) | Lord Howe Swamphen |
French | Talève de Lord Howe |
French (France) | Talève de Lord Howe |
German | Lord-Howe-Purpurhuhn |
Icelandic | Hvíthæna |
Japanese | ロードハウセイケイ |
Norwegian | hvittakahe |
Polish | modrzyk mały |
Russian | Белая султанка |
Serbian | Sultanka sa ostrva Lord Hau (izumrla) |
Slovak | sultánka malá |
Spanish | Calamón de Lord Howe |
Spanish (Spain) | Calamón de Lord Howe |
Swedish | vit purpurhöna |
Turkish | Beyaz Sazhorozu |
Ukrainian | Султанка біла |
Porphyrio albus (Shaw, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Fulica alba
Shaw, 1790. Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales with Sixty-five plates of Non-descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions appendix, p.238, and pl..
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lord Howe Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- albus
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Lord Howe Swamphen Porphyrio albus Scientific name definitions
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 2, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 2, 2017
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Lord Howe Swamphen Porphyrio albus
Recommended Citation
(2020). Lord Howe Swamphen (Porphyrio albus), 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.lohswa1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- November 2, 2017
- White Swamphen Porphyrio albus
Recommended Citation
(2017). White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus). 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.