Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus]

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Filippynse Koningriethaan
Bulgarian: Филипинска султанка
Catalan: polla blava de les Filipines
Czech: slípka filipínská
Danish: Filippinsk Sultanhøne
German: Philippinenpurpurhuhn, Philippinisches Purpurhuhn
English: Azure-breasted Swamphen, Philippine Swamphen, purple swamphen, Purple Swamphen (Philippine), Purple Swamphen (pulverulentus)
[ENAV]: Philippine Swamphen
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (Philippine)
English (IOC): Philippine Swamphen
English (United States): Philippine Swamphen
Esperanto: filipina porfirio, Polva porfirio
Spanish: Calamón Filipino
Spanish (Spain): Calamón Filipino
Spanish (HBW): Philippine Swamphen
Estonian: pruunselg-sultantait
Finnish: Filippiiniensulttaanikana
French: Talève des Philipp, Talève des Philippines, Talève sultane (Philippines), Talève sultane (pulverulentus)
French (Guyane): Talève des Philippines
Croatian: Filipinska sultanka
Icelandic: Flóahæna
Italian: Pollo sultano delle Filippine
Japanese (romaji): firipinseikei
Japanese: フィリピンセイケイ
Scientific: Porphyrio alba pulverulentus, Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus, Porphyrio pulverulentus
Dutch: Filipijnse Purperkoet, Filippijnse Purperkoet, Porphyrio albus
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bleiksultanhøne
Norwegian: bleksultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk brązowogrzbiety
Portuguese: camão-filipino
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-filipino, Camão-das-filipinas
Russian: Филиппинская султанка
Slovak: sultánka filipínska
Serbian: Filipinska sultanka
Swedish: filippinsk purpurhöna
Turkish: Filipin sazhorozu
Ukrainian: султанка філіпінська
Chinese: 菲律宾紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 菲律賓紫水雞