Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Asturian | Gallineta azul europea |
Basque | Uroilo urdina |
Bulgarian | Обикновена султанка |
Catalan | Polla blava comuna |
Croatian | velika sultanka |
Czech | slípka modrá |
Danish | Sultanhøne |
Dutch | Purperkoet |
English | Western Swamphen |
English (United States) | Western Swamphen |
Finnish | sulttaanikana |
French | Talève sultane |
French (France) | Talève sultane |
Galician | Camón común |
German | Purpurhuhn |
Greek | Σουλτανοπουλάδα |
Hebrew | פורפיריה מערבית |
Hungarian | Kék fú |
Icelandic | Bláhæna |
Italian | Pollo sultano |
Japanese | セイケイ |
Lithuanian | Paprastoji sultonvištė |
Norwegian | blåsultanhøne |
Polish | modrzyk (zwyczajny) |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Camão |
Romanian | Găinușă albastră |
Russian | Султанка |
Serbian | Sultanka |
Slovak | sultánka modrá |
Slovenian | Afriška sultanka |
Spanish | Calamón Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Calamón común |
Swedish | västlig purpurhöna |
Turkish | Mor Sazhorozu |
Ukrainian | Султанка пурпурова |
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fulica Porphyrio
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.152.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Asia, America = lands bordering the western Mediterranean Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
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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
Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Scientific name definitions
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Authors
Barry Taylor
Revisors
Paul G. Rodewald
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. (2020). Western Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purswa1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 18, 2013
- Purple Swamphen (HBW) Porphyrio porphyrio
Authors
Barry Taylor
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. (2013). Purple Swamphen (HBW) (Porphyrio porphyrio). 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.