Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Porphyrio [poliocephalus, melanotus or indicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bengali: ি঄মস্ট্রমর঱ীয় কামরভ
Bengali (transliteration): asṭrēlēśīẏa kālēma*
Czech: slípka australasijská
Danish: Østlig Sultanhøne
German: Australpurpurhuhn, Pukeko
English: Australasian swamphen, Australian Purple Swamphen, Australian Swamphen, Eastern Swamphen, Pukeko, purple swamphen, Purple Swamphen (Australasian), Swamphen
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (Australasian)
English (IOC): Australasian Swamphen
English (New Zealand): Pukeko
English (United States): Australasian Swamphen
Esperanto: Nigraorela porfirio, purpura porfirio, suda porfirio
Spanish: Calamón Australiano
Spanish (Spain): Calamón Australiano
Spanish (HBW): Australasian Swamphen
Estonian: tõmmu-sultantait
Finnish: Itäaustraliansulttaanikana
French: Talève australe, Talève sultane (australe)
Croatian: Australazijska sultanka
Indonesian: Mandar Australi, Mandar Australia
Japanese (romaji): o-sutorariaseikei
Japanese: オーストラリアセイケイ
Scientific: Porphyrio alba melanotus, Porphyrio melanotos, Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio melanotus chathamensis, Porphyrio melanotus melanotus, Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group], Porphyrio porphyrio chathamensis, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotos, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Maori: Pukeko, pūkeko
Dutch: Australische Purperkoet, Porphyrio melanotus
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunryggsultanhøne
Norwegian: brunryggsultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk ciemny
Portuguese: camão-australasiático
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-australasiano, Camão-australasiático
Russian: Австралийская султанка
Slovak: sultánka pukeko
Samoan: manu ali'i
Serbian: Australazijska sultanka
Swedish: australisk purpurhöna
Turkish: Avustralya sazhorozu
Ukrainian: султанка австралійська
Chinese: 澳洲紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 澳洲紫水雞, 紐澳紫水雞