Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Amerikaanse Koningriethaan |
| Bulgarian | Американска султанка |
| Catalan | polla blava americana |
| Czech | slípka žlutonohá |
| Danish | Amerikansk Sultanhøne |
| Dutch | Amerikaans Purperhoen |
| English | Purple Gallinule |
| English (South Africa) | Purple Gallinule (American) |
| English (United States) | Purple Gallinule |
| French | Talève violacée |
| French (France) | Talève violacée |
| German | Zwergsultanshuhn |
| Greek | Αμερικανική Πορφυροπουλάδα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Poul sultan |
| Hebrew | פורפיריה אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | Amerikai szultántyúk |
| Icelandic | Flóðhæna |
| Italian | Pollo sultano della Martinica |
| Japanese | アメリカムラサキバン |
| Lithuanian | Amerikinė sultonvištė |
| Norwegian | amerikapurpurhøne |
| Polish | sułtanka amerykańska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | frango-d'água-azul |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Camão-americano |
| Romanian | Găinușă americană |
| Russian | Малая султанка |
| Serbian | Američka sultanka |
| Slovak | sultánka indigová |
| Slovenian | Ameriška sultanka |
| Spanish | Calamoncillo Americano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pollona Azul |
| Spanish (Chile) | Tagüita purpúrea |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gallareta Morada |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallareta azul |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gallareta Azul |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gallareta Púrpura |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gallineta Púrpura |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gallineta Morada |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gallareta Morada |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Polla azul |
| Spanish (Peru) | Polla de Agua Morada |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gallareta Azul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamoncillo americano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Polla Azul |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gallito Azul |
| Swedish | amerikansk sultanhöna |
| Turkish | Sarı Bacaklı Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Султанка американська |
Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- martinica / martinicana / martinicensis / martinicus
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Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Authors
Richard L. West and Gene K. Hess
Recommended Citation
West, R. L. and G. K. Hess (2020). Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purgal2.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- January 1, 2002
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Authors
Richard L. West and Gene K. Hess
Revisors
Richard L. West and Gene K. Hess
Recommended Citation
West, R. L. and G. K. Hess (2002). Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.626
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 2002
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Recommended Citation
West, R. L., and G. K. Hess. 2002. Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica). In The Birds of North America, No. 626 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.626.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 26, 2016
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
Authors
Barry Taylor
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. (2016). Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus). 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.
