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Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule

Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri] (= Gallinula chloropus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Gallinula
Scientific:
  Gallinula chloropus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.152

Protonym:
  Fulica Chloropus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727059

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9D12EA47C8D72DE7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9D12EA47

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9D12EA47

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176284

Geographic range:

  • Gallinula nesiotis: Formerly Tristan da Cunha. Extinct; last reported 1900
  • Gallinula comeri: Gough I. (South Atlantic Ocean). Introduced to Tristan da Cunha in 1956
  • Gallinula chloropus chloropus: Palearctic; winters to Arabia and s China
  • Gallinula chloropus pyrrhorrhoa: Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and Comoro Islands
  • Gallinula chloropus orientalis: Seychelles, Andamans, Malay Pen., Indonesia and Philippines
  • Gallinula chloropus guami: N Marianas (Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Pagan)
  • Gallinula chloropus meridionalis: Africa south of the Sahara and St. Helena I.
  • Gallinula galeata galeata: Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas south to northern Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil
  • Gallinula galeata cachinnans: SE Canada to w Panama, Bermuda and Galapagos Islands
  • Gallinula galeata cerceris: Greater and Lesser Antilles
  • Gallinula galeata barbadensis: Barbados
  • Gallinula galeata pauxilla: E Panama to n and w Colombia, arid w Ecuador and nw Peru
  • Gallinula galeata garmani: Andes of Peru to Chile, Bolivia and nw Argentina
  • Gallinula galeata sandvicensis: Hawaiian Islands
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule
French:
Gallinule poule-d'eau ou G. de Tristan da Cunha

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule ( Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Grootwaterhoender
Arabic: دجاجة الماء, دجاجة الماي
Asturian: Gallineta
Azerbaijani: Qamış toyuğu
Belarusian: Чаротніца
Bulgarian: Зеленоножка
Bengali: পাতি পানমুরগি
Breton: An douryar boutin
Catalan: Polla d'aigua
Catalan (Balears): Polla d'aigua
Valencian: Guatlla maresa
Cebuano: ituman
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): poul dlo a 
Czech: Slípka tristanská
Welsh: Iâr ddŵr, Iâr ddwr
Danish: Grønbenet Rørhøne
German: Teichhuhn
Maldivian: Olhuvalu Kanbili/Kulhee Kanbili
Greek: Νερόκοτα
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκοπετείναρο
English: alae ula, Common Gallinule, Common Moorhen, Common, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule, Eurasian, Tristan, Gough Island Moorhen or Common Gallinule, Florida gallinule, Moorhen, Moorken
Esperanto: verdkrura galinolo
Spanish: Gallereta Común, Gallineta Común, Gallineta frente roja, gallineta frente-roja, Polla de agua
Spanish (Argentine): Pollona negra
Spanish (Chile): Tagüita del norte
Spanish (Colombia): Polla Gris
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gallareta frentirroja
Spanish (Cuba): Gallareta de Pico Rojo
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gallareta Pico Rojo
Spanish (Honduras): Polla común de agua
Spanish (Mexico): Gallineta Común, gallineta frente-roja
Spanish (Paraguay): Polla negra
Spanish (Uruguay): Polla de Agua Común
Estonian: tristan da cunha tait
Basque: Uroiloa arrunta
Finnish: Liejukana
Faroese: Sevhøna
French: Gallinule poule-d'eau, Gallinule poule-d'eau ou G. de Tristan da Cunha, Poule d'eau
Frisian: Reidhintsje
Irish: Cearc Uisce
Guadeloupean Creole French: Poule d'eau à cachet rouge
Gaelic: Cearc-Uisge
Galician: Galiñola
Guarani: Ñahana
Manx: Kiark Ushtey
Haitian Creole French: Poul dlo tèt wouj
Hawaiian: 'Alae 'ula
Hebrew: סופית
Hindi: Tanneer kozhi
Croatian: Mlakuša
Hungarian: Vízityúk
Armenian: Եղեգնահավ
Indonesian: Mandar batu
Icelandic: Sefhæna
Italian: Gallinella d'acqua, Sciabica
Japanese (romaji): Ban
Japanese: トリスタンバン, バン
Japanese (Kanji): 鷭
Georgian: ლერწმის ქათამურა
Kazakh: Қызылқасқа сутартар
Kazakh (Transliteration): qızıl-qasqa sw-tartar
Korean: 쇠물닭
Korean (Transliteration): soe-mul-dalg
Cornish: Lagyar
Kwangali: Edenene
Scientific: Fulica Chloropus, Gallinula [chloropus or nesiotis], Gallinula [chloropus, galeata, nesiotis or comeri], Gallinula chloropus, Gallinula chloropus chloropus
Luxembourgish: Waasserhéngchen
Lithuanian: Nendrinė vištelē
Latvian: Ūdensvistiņa
Malagasy: Akohondrano
Macedonian: Црвеноклуна (Мочуришна) кокошка
Mongolian: Хажилгат түнжүүр
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠵᠢᠯᠠᠭᠠᠲᠣ ᠬᠠᠨᠴᠢᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠵᠢᠯᠠᠭᠠᠲᠣ ᠲᠦᠨᠵᠢᠭᠦᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Мэлзэн харгууна
Mongolian (Transliteration): khajilg at khaŋchir
Moldavian: Cristel-de-câmp
Malay: Tiong Air
Maltese: Gallozz Iswed
Nepali: बगाले सिमकुखुरा
Dutch: Waterhoen, Waterhoentje
Norwegian: Sivhøne
Sotho, Northern: Kgogomeetse
Palauan: Debar
Polish: kokoszka (zwyczajna), kokoszka zwyczajna
Pinyin: hēi shuǐ-jī
Portuguese: frango-d'água, frango-d'água-comum, galinha d'água, Galinha-d'agua, galinha-d'água, galinha-d'água-preta, galinhola, jaçanã-galo, peituda
Portuguese (Brazil): frango-d'água, frango-d'água-comum, galinha-d'água, galinha-d'água-preta, galinhola, jaçanã-galo, peituda
Romansh: Pulsauna da l'aua
Romanian: Găinuşă de baltă
Russian: Kamyshnitsa, Камышница
Sardinian: Pudda de àcua
Scots: Cearc uisge
Northern Sami: Goalšovuonecis
Slovak: Sliepočka vodná
Slovenian: zelenonoga tukalica
Shona: Nhapata
Albanian: Pulëza e ujit
Serbian: barska koka, barska kokica
Sotho, Southern: Khohonoka
Swedish: Rörhöna
Swahili: Kukuziwa
Tamil: Thaazhai Kozhi
Thai: นกอีล้ำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-lám
Turkish: Saztavuğu
Tsonga: Kukumezane
Tuvinian: Хыыргыыш кужу
Ukrainian: Водяна курочка
Vietnamese: Kịch
Chinese: 黑水雞, 黑水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紅骨頂
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紅冠水雞
Chinese (Taiwan): 紅冠水雞

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