Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Porphyrio [poliocephalus x porphyrio] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Europese koningriethaan, Grootkoningriethaan
Arabic: دجاجة السلطان
Asturian: Gallineta azul europea
Azerbaijani: adi sultan toyuğu, adi sultanquş, Soltan toyuğu, sultan toyuğu, sultantoyuğu
Belarusian: Султанка
Bulgarian: Обикновена султанка
Bengali: বেগুনি কালেম, হফগুচন কামরভ
Bengali (transliteration): bēguni kālēma
Breton: Douryar roueel
Catalan: Gall faver, Polla blava, Polla blava comuna
Catalan (Balears): Gall faver
Cebuano: karab-abuhon
Montenegrin: sultanka, султанка
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): султанка
Czech: Slípka modrá, Slípka modrá stredomorská, Slípka modrá středomořská
Welsh: Corsiar
Danish: Sultanhøne
German: Purpurhuhn
Greek: Σoυλταvoπoυλάδα, Σουλτανοπουλάδα, Σουλτανοπουλλάδα
Greek (Cypriot): Σουλτανοπουλλάδα
English: Blue coot, European Purple Gallinule, Mediterranean swamphen, Purple coot, Purple Gallinule, Purple moorhen, Purple swamp hen, Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamp-hen, Purple Swamphen (European), Purple Swamphen (West Mediterranean), Sultan hen, Swamp hen, West Mediterranean Purple Swamphen, Western Swamphen
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (Western)
English (IOC): Western Swamphen
English (United States): Western Swamphen
Esperanto: Ordinara porfirio, Porfiria porfirio, Porfirio, Purpura porfirio, Sultankoko
Spanish: Calamón Común
Spanish (Spain): Calamón Común
Spanish (HBW): Western Swamphen
Estonian: Sultantait
Basque: Polla blava, Uroilo urdin, Uroilo urdina
Finnish: Sulttaanikana, Välimerensulttaanikana
Faroese: Brandnev
French: Porphyrion bleu, Poule sultane, Talève sultane, Talève sultane (Europe), Talève sultane (nominal), Talève sultane (nominale), Talève sultane (race nominale)
Friulian: poleç sultan
Frisian: Poarperhin
Irish: Cearcóg chorcra
Galician: Camón, Camón común, Polla blava
Hebrew: פורפיריה, פורפיריה מערבית
Hindi: Tanneer kozhi
Croatian: Europska velika sultanka, Velika sultanka
Hungarian: Kék fú
Armenian: [Sultanakan Huv ], Սուլ անական Հավ, Սուլթանական Հավ
Indonesian: Burung Mandar Besar, Mandar Besar
Icelandic: Bláhæna
Italian: Pollo sultano
Japanese (romaji): Seikei
Japanese: セイケイ
Japanese (Kanji): 青鶏
Georgian: პორფირიონი, ხონთქრის ქათამი
Kara-Kalpak: султан таўығы
Kabardian: натӀэплъджэд
Kazakh: Кєкмандай
Scientific: Fulica alba, Fulica Porphyrio, Gallinula alba, Porphyrio alba alba, Porphyrio albus, Porphyrio caesius, Porphyrio hyacinthinus, Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
Luxembourgish: Purpurhong
Lithuanian: paprastoji sultonvištė, Sultonvištė
Latvian: sultānvistiņa
Malagasy: Talecana, Talevanabe, Vatry
Maori: pukeko, Pu-keko
Macedonian: Султанка
Malayalam: നീലക്കോഴി  ?
Malay: Ayam Air, Burung Pang(u)lin, Burung Pangling, Burung Pangling Ungu, Pangling
Maltese: Faġan tal-Baħar
Nepali: कुर्मा
Dutch: Purperkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåsultanhøne
Norwegian: blåsultanhøne, Sultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk, modrzyk (zwyczajny), Modrzyk modroskrzydły, Modrzyk zwyczajny
Pinyin: zǐ shuǐ-jī
Portuguese: Caimão, camão, Camão(-comum)
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-comum, Camão
Romansh: Pulsauna sultana
Rhaeto-Romance: Pulsauna cotschna
Romanian: Găinuşă sultan
Russian: Султанка, Султанка (подвид porphyrio)
Northern Sami: Sultánvuonccis
Slovak: sliepočka modrá, sultánka modrá
Slovenian: afriška sultanka, sultanka
Albanian: Pulujsja sulltane
Serbian: Sultanka
Swedish: Purpurhöna, västlig purpurhöna
Swahili: Shaunge Zambarau
Thai: นกอีโก้ง
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-kôoŋ
Turkmen: soltantowuk
Turkish: mor sazhorozu, Sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка , Султанка (підвид porphyrio), Султанка пурпурова, Султанська курка
Vietnamese: Chim Cuồng, Chim Trích, Chim Xít, Trích cồ, Xít
Chinese: 紫水雞, 紫水鸡, 西紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紫水雞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紫水雞
Chinese (Taiwan): 紫水鸡