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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The purple gallinule is a swamphen in the genus Porphyrio. It is in the order Gruiformes, meaning "crane-like", an order which also contains cranes, rails, and crakes. The purple gallinule is a rail species, placing it into the family Rallidae. It is also known locally as the yellow-legged gallinule. The specific name martinica denotes "of Martinique". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Porphyrio
Scientific:
  Porphyrio martinica


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Fulica martinica

Type locality:
  Martinique, West Indies.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/263/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  72A4F8EBF168E80D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-72A4F8EB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/72A4F8EB


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 707815

Geographic range:

  • Porphyrio martinica: locally from southern USA to northern Argentina and West Indies
English:
Purple Gallinule
Catalan:
Polla blava americana
Czech:
slípka žlutonohá
Danish:
Amerikansk Sultanhøne
German:
Zwergsultanshuhn
Spanish:
Calamoncillo Americano
Spanish (Spain):
Calamoncillo Americano
Finnish:
siniliejukana
French:
Talève violacée
Croatian:
američka sultanka
Hungarian:
Amerikai szultántyúk
Icelandic:
Flóðhæna
Italian:
Pollo sultano della Martinica
Japanese (romaji):
amerikamurasakiban
Japanese:
アメリカムラサキバン
Lithuanian:
Amerikinė sultonvištė
Dutch:
Amerikaans Purperhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Amerikapurpurhøne
Norwegian:
Amerikapurpurhøne
Polish:
sułtanka amerykańska
Portuguese:
frango-d'água-azul
Portuguese (Brazil):
frango-d'água-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
caimão-americano
Russian:
Малая султанка
Slovak:
sultánka indigová
Serbian:
Američka sultanka
Swedish:
amerikansk sultanhöna
Ukrainian:
Султанка американська
Chinese:
紫青水鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
紫青水雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
American Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Purple Gallinule ( Ionornis martinica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Talève violacée ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Talève violacée ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrula martinica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrula martinica) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Porphyrula martinica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Porphyrula martinica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Porphyrula martinica [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinica) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Porphyrio martinica [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Porphyrio martinicus [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Amerikaanse Koningriethaan
Belarusian: Пурпурная султанка
Bulgarian: Американска султанка
Breton: Douryar-Vartinik
Catalan: Polla blava americana, Polla blava de la Martinica
Carib: Karapisuru, Palaka
Czech: Slípka martinická, slípka žlutonohá
Welsh: Iâr ddŵr America
Danish: Amerikansk Sultanhøne
German: Amerikanischer Uferläufer, Amerikanisches Sultanshuhn, Amerika-Sultanshuhn, Zwergsultanshuhn
Greek: Αμερικανική Πορφυροπουλάδα, Πoρφυρoπoυλάδα
English: American Gallinule, American Purple Gallinule, American swamphen, Purple Gallinule, South Georgia Gallinule, Yellow-legged Gallinule
English, HBW: Purple Gallinule
English (IOC): Purple Gallinule
English (United States): Purple Gallinule
English (South Africa): American Purple Gallinule
Esperanto: Amerika porfirio, Amerika purpura porfirio, Martinika porfirio
Spanish: Calamón Americano, Calamón de la Martinica, Calamoncillo Americano, Gallareta Azul, Gallareta Inglesa, Gallareta Morada, Gallareta Pico Azul, Gallereta Azul, Gallineta Morada, Polla azul, Polla de Agua Azul, Pollona azul, Tagüita purpúrea
Spanish (Argentine): Pollona azul
Spanish (Chile): Tagüita purpúrea
Spanish (Colombia): Polla Azul
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gallareta morada
Spanish (Cuba): Gallareta Azul
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gallareta Azul, Gallareta Pico Azul
Spanish (Ecuador): Gallareta Púrpura
Spanish (Spain): Calamoncillo Americano
Spanish (HBW): Calamoncillo americano
Spanish (Mexico): Gallineta Morada
Spanish (Nicaragua): Calamón Americano
Spanish (Panama): Gallareta Morada
Spanish (Peru): Polla de Agua Morada
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Gallareta Azul
Spanish (Paraguay): Polla azul
Spanish (Uruguay): Polla Azul, Polla de Agua Azul
Spanish (Venezuela): Gallito Azul
Estonian: koldjalg-sultantait
Finnish: Siniliejukana
Faroese: Slupshøna
French: Gallinule pourprée, Gallinule violacée, Gallinule violette, Poule sultane d'Amerique, Poule sultane d'Amérique, Talève pourprée, Talève violacée
Guianese Creole French: Pouldo
Frisian: Amerikaansk poarperhin
Irish: Gailliniúl corcra Meiriceánach
Guadeloupean Creole French: Poule d'eau à cachet vert, poule sultane
Galician: Camón americano
Guarani: Ñahana hovy, Ñahana-hovy
Haitian Creole French: Poul sultan
Hebrew: פורפיריה אמריקאית, פורפיריה אמריקנית
Croatian: američka sultanka
Hungarian: Amerikai szultántyúk, Kék fú , Törpe szultántyúk
Icelandic: Flóðhæna
Italian: Gallinella americana, Pollo sultano americano, Pollo sultano della Martinica
Japanese (romaji): amerikamurasakiban
Japanese: アメリカムラサキバン
Scientific: Fulica martinica, Fulica parva, Gallinula martinica, Ionornis martinica, Ionornis martinicus, Porphyrio martinica, Porphyrio martinicus, Porphyrio martinicus georgica, Porphyrio martinicus martinicus, Porphyrula georgica, Porphyrula martinica
Lithuanian: Amerikinė sultonvištė
Latvian: Amerikas sultānvistiņa
Macedonian: Американска султанка
Maltese: Gallozz ta' l-Amerika, Gallozz ta'l-Amerika
Dutch: Amerikaans Purperhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Amerikapurpurhøne
Norwegian: Amerikapurpurhøne, Sultanhøne
Wayampi: Sũisũinu
Palikúr: Narino, Tuwatuwa
Polish: sultanka amerykanska, sułtanka amerykańska
Portuguese: Caimão-americano, Camão-americano, frago-d'água-verde-azul, frango-d'água, Frango-d'agua-azul, Frango-d'água-azul, Galinha-d'água-azul, galinhola, jaçanã, saracura-da-canarana, tauá-tauá-azul
Portuguese (Brazil): frago-d'água-verde-azul, frango-d'água, frango-d'agua-azul, Frango-d'água-azul, galinha-d'água-azul, galinhola, jaçanã, saracura-da-canarana, tauá-tauá-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-americano, Camão-americano
Romansh: Pulsauna americana
Rhaeto-Romance: Pulsauna americana
Romanian: Găinuşă purpurie
Russian: малая султанка, Пурпурная камышница, Пурпурная султанка
Northern Sami: Amerihkásultánvuonccis
Slovak: Sliepočka trpasličia, sultánka indigová
Slovenian: ameriška sultanka
Serbian: Američka barska kokica, Američka sultanka
Sranan: Blawkepanki
Swedish: Amerikansk sultanhöna
Turkish: Amerika sazhorozu, Sarı bacaklı sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка американська
Wayana: Tokalaimë
Chinese: 紫青水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紫青水雞
Zulu: iHoye

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