Purple Swamphen [indicus or viridis]
Porphyrio porphyrio [indicus or viridis] (= Porphyrio porphyrio indicus) Horsfield, T 1821
The black-backed swamphen is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Scientific:
Porphyrio porphyrio indicus
Original description
Citation:
Horsfield, T 1821
Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London
13, pt.1 p.194
Protonym:
Porphyrio Indicus
Type locality:
Java.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13692#page/213/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3D354C29622C7FD6
Avibase ID:
avibase-3D354C29
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3D354C29
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708093
Purple Swamphen [indicus or viridis]
French:
Talève sultane [indicus ou viridis]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Swamphen [indicus or viridis] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [indicus or viridis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple Swamphen [indicus or viridis] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [indicus or viridis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Purple Swamphen (Black-backed) ( Porphyrio porphyrio indicus/viridis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Purple Swamphen (Black-backed) ( Porphyrio porphyrio indicus/viridis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Purple Swamphen (Black-backed) ( Porphyrio porphyrio indicus/viridis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Purple Swamphen (Black-backed) ( Porphyrio porphyrio indicus/viridis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 1] |
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: কারাচঠ কামরভ
Bengali (transliteration): kālāpiṭha kālēma*
German: Mantelhuhn, Purpurhuhn
English: Black-backed Swamphen, Indonesian swamphen, purple swamphen, Purple Swamphen (Black-backed), Purple Swamphen [indicus or viridis]
Esperanto: Hinda porfirio, nigradorsa porfirio
Spanish (Spain): Calamón Dorsinegro
Finnish: Indonesiansultaanikana
French: Talève, Talève à dos noir, Talève de la Sonde, Talève sultane (à dos noir), Talève sultane [indicus ou viridis]
Croatian: Indijska sultanka
Indonesian: Mandar Tunggir-hitam
Japanese (romaji): seguroseikei
Japanese: セグロセイケイ
Scientific: Porphyrio alba indicus, Porphyrio bemmeleni, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio indicus indicus, Porphyrio porphyrio [indicus or viridis], Porphyrio porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio porphyrio indicus/viridis, Porphyrio porphyrio viridis/indicus, Porphyrio smaragdinus
Dutch: Oosterse Purperkoet
Norwegian: svartryggsultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk ciemnogrzbiety
Portuguese (Portugal): Camão-de-dorso-preto
Slovak: sultánka čiernochrbtá, sultánka tmavochrbtá
Serbian: Indijska sultanka
Swedish: sydöstasiatisk purpurhöna
Turkish: kara sırtlı sazhorozu
Chinese: 黑背紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紫水雞
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