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Purple Swamphen [melanotus]
Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus] (= Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus) Temminck, CJ 1820
The Australasian swamphen is a species of swamphen (Porphyrio) occurring in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the pukeko. The species used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen. Source: Wikipedia
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Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Scientific:
Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Scientific:
Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Original description
Citation:
Temminck, CJ 1820
Reference:
Manuel Orn. Tabl. Syst., 2nd ed.
ed.2, pt.1 p.701
Protonym:
Porphyrio melanotus
Type locality:
New South Wales.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127471#page/273/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0E0D8AE779C81A86
Avibase ID:
avibase-0E0D8AE7
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0E0D8AE7
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708096
English:
Purple Swamphen [melanotus]
French:
Talève sultane [melanotus]
Purple Swamphen [melanotus]
French:
Talève sultane [melanotus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Swamphen [melanotus] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple Swamphen [melanotus] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Eastern Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) |
| Clements, version 2021: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2022: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2023: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2024: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2025: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2015: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.52: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2024: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2025: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Porphyrio porphyrio [poliocephalus, melanotus or indicus]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: িমস্ট্রমরীয় 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), Purple Swamphen [melanotus], Swamphen
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (Australasian)
English (IOC): Australasian Swamphen
English (New Zealand): Pukeko
English (United States): Australasian Swamphen
Esperanto: aŭstralazia porfirio, 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), Talève sultane [melanotus]
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 [melanotus], Porphyrio porphyrio chathamensis, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotos, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Maori: Pukeko, pūkeko
Dutch: Australische Purperkoet
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
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