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Lord Howe Swamphen Porphyrio albus Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
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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
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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
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lord Howe Swamphen
