Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Porphyrio [porphyrio sensu lato or madagascariensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Porphyrio [madagascariensis x poliocephalus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootkoningriethaan, Koningriethaan
Arabic: دجاجة الماء الأفريقية
Bulgarian: Мадагаскарска султанка
Bengali: িঅচিকান কামরভ
Bengali (transliteration): āphrikāna kālēma*
Catalan: Polla blava africana
Czech: slípka africká, slípka modrá zelená, Slípka zelená
Welsh: Corsiar gefnwyrdd
Danish: Afrikansk Sultanhøne, Grønrygget Sultanhøne
German: Purpurhuhn, Smaragdhuhn
Greek: Πρασιvoπoυλάδα
English: African Purple Swamphen, African Swamphen, Green-backed Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamphen (African)
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (African)
English (IOC): African Swamphen
English (Kenya): African Swamphen
English (United States): African Swamphen
Esperanto: Madagaskara porfirio, Smeralda porfirio
Spanish: Calamón Africano, Calamón de Africa, Calamón dorsiverde
Spanish (Spain): Calamón Africano
Spanish (HBW): Calamón africano
Estonian: smaragd-sultantait
Finnish: Afrikansulttaanikana
French: Poule sultane, Talève africaine, Talève d'Afrique, Talève de Madagascar, Talève sultane, Talève sultane (Afrique)
Frisian: Smaragdpoarperhin
Irish: Cearcóg dhroimghlas
Galician: Camón africano
Hebrew: פורפיריה כחולה
Croatian: Afrička sultanka, Madagaskarska sultanka
Hungarian: Afrikai kék fú, Madagaszkári fú
Icelandic: Slýhæna
Italian: Pollo sultano africano, Pollo sultano dorsoverde
Japanese (romaji): afurikaseikei
Japanese: アフリカセイケイ
Kwangali: Edenene
Scientific: Fulica Porphyrio, Gallinula madagascariensis, Porphyrio alba madagascariensis, Porphyrio madagascarensis, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio madagascariensis madagascariensis, Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
Lithuanian: Afrikinė sultonvištė, Madagaskarinė sultonvištė
Latvian: Madagaskaras sultānvistiņa
Malagasy: Talecana, Talevanbe, Vatry
Macedonian: Африканска султанка
Dutch: Purperkoet, Smaragdpurperkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønryggsultanhøne
Norwegian: grønnryggsultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk afrykanski, modrzyk afrykański
Portuguese: Caimão-comum, Camão-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-africano, Camão-africano
Rhaeto-Romance: Pulsauna dal dies verd
Romanian: Găinuşă de Madagascar
Russian: Африканская султанка, Мадагаскарская султанка
Slovak: sultánka zelenochrbtá
Slovenian: Afriška sultanka
Shona: Nhapata
Serbian: Afrička sultanka
Swedish: afrikansk purpurhöna
Swahili: Shaunge Zambarau
Turkish: Afrika sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка (пурпурова) зеленоспинна, султанка зеленоспинна
Chinese: 非洲紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲紫水雞