Taxonomic status:

Species status: fossil species (extinct)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Nieu-Kaledoniese Koningriethaan
Bulgarian: Новокаледонска султанка
Catalan: Polla blava de Nova Caledònia
Czech: slípka novokaledonská
Danish: Ny Kaledonien Sultanhøne
German: Neukaledonien-Purpurhuhn, Neukaledonisches Purpurhuhn
English: New Caledonia Gallinule, New Caledonian gallinule, New Caledonian Gallinule (unrecognized species), New Caledonian takahe
English (Avilist): New Caledonian Gallinule
English, HBW: New Caledonia Gallinule
English (IOC): New Caledonian Gallinule
English (United States): New Caledonian Gallinule
Esperanto: Kukvidea porfirio, Kukwiede-porfirio, Novkaledonia porfirio
Spanish: Calamón de Nueva Caledonia
Spanish (Spain): Calamón de Nueva Caledonia
Estonian: uuskaledoonia sultantait
Finnish: uudenkaledoniansulttaanikana
French: Talève de Nouvelle Calédonie, Talève de Nouvelle-Calédonie
French (Guyane): Talève de Nouvelle-Calédonie
Croatian: novokaledonska sultanka
Japanese: ニューカレドニアムラサキバン
Scientific: Porphyrio kukweidei, Porphyrio kukwiedei, Porphyrio kukwiedi
Dutch: Nieuw-Caledonisch purperhoen
Norwegian: kanakpurpurhøne
Polish: modrzyk wielki
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-da-nova-caledónia
Russian: Новокаледонская султанка
Slovak: sultánka veľká
Serbian: Sultanka sa Nove Kaledonije (izumrla)
Swedish: Kukwiedepurpurhöna, nyakaledonienpurpurhöna, nykaledonsk purpurhöna
Turkish: Yeni Kaledonya sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка велика