Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus] (Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])

Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus]

Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus] (= Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Porphyrio
Scientific:
  Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.152

Protonym:
Fulica Porphyrio

Type locality:
Asia, America = lands bordering the western Mediterranean Sea.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/171/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B85A0398DA91EBD0

Avibase ID:
avibase-B85A0398

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B85A0398

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708099

English:
Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus]
French:
Talève sultane [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus ou pulverulentus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus] ( Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen ( Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus])
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio) [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Porphyrio porphyrio [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Porphyrio porphyrio

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootkoningriethaan
Arabic: دجاجة السلطان
Azerbaijani: Soltan toyuğu
Bengali: বেগুনি কালেম
Catalan: Polla blava
Catalan (Balears): Gall faver
Cebuano: karab-abuhon
Czech: slípka modrá
Danish: Sultanhøne
German: Purpurhuhn
Greek: Σουλτανοπουλάδα
Greek (Cypriot): Σουλτανοπουλλάδα
English: Blue coot, Purple coot, Purple moorhen, Purple swamp hen, Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamphen [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus], Purple, Grey-headed, Australian, Black-backed or Philippine Swamphen, Sultan hen, Swamp hen
Esperanto: Purpura porfirio
Spanish: Calamón Común
Estonian: Sultantait
Basque: Uroilo urdina
Finnish: sulttaanikana
Faroese: Brandnev
French: Talève sultane, Talève sultane [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus ou pulverulentus], Talève sultane, T. à tête grise, T. australe, T. à dos noir ou T. des Philippines, Talève sultane, T. à tête grise, T. australe, T. de la Sonde ou T. des Philippines
Irish: Cearcóg chorcra
Galician: Camón, Polla blava
Hebrew: פורפיריה
Hindi: Tanneer kozhi
Hungarian: Kék fú
Armenian: Սուլ անական 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: ხონთქრის ქათამი
Kazakh: Кєкмандай
Scientific: Fulica Porphyrio, Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus], Porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus], Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio porphyrio [porphyrio, poliocephalus, melanotus, indicus or pulverulentus], Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
Lithuanian: Sultonvištė
Malagasy: Vatry
Maori: pukeko
Malayalam: നീലക്കോഴി ?
Malay: Ayam Air, Burung Pang(u)lin, Burung Pangling, Burung Pangling Ungu, Pangling
Maltese: Faġan tal-Baħar
Nepali: कुर्मा
Dutch: Purperkoet
Norwegian: Sultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk, modrzyk (zwyczajny)
Pinyin: zǐ shuǐ-jī
Portuguese: Caimão, Camão
Rhaeto-Romance: Pulsauna sultana
Romance (Other): Pulsauna sultana
Russian: Султанка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Podu Dam-kithala
Slovak: sultánka modrá
Slovenian: afriška sultanka
Swedish: Purpurhöna
Swahili: Shaunge Zambarau
Thai: นกอีโก้ง
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-kôoŋ
Turkish: Sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка
Vietnamese: Chim Cuồng, Chim Trích, Chim Xít, Xít
Chinese: 紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紫水雞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紫水雞
Chinese (Taiwan): 紫水鸡