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Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis] (= Porphyrio poliocephalus) (Latham, 1801)
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Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Scientific:
Porphyrio poliocephalus
Citation:
(Latham, 1801)
Reference:
Suppl.ind.orn. p.lxviii
Protonym:
Gallinula poliocephala
Avibase ID:
BFAE9B0403627027
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BFAE9B04
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708098
Geographic range:
- Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus: India to Sri Lanka, southern China, northern Thailand, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands. An introduced population in Florida (United States) apparently is this subspecies
- Porphyrio poliocephalus seistanicus: Iraq and s Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan and nw India
- Porphyrio poliocephalus caspius: Caspian Sea to nw Iran and Turkey
- Porphyrio indicus viridis: S Myanmar to s Thailand, s China, Malay Pen. and Indochina
Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
German:
Graukopf Purpurhuhn
Danish:
Indisk Sultanhøne
Spanish:
Calamón Cabecigrís
Finnish:
intiansulttaanikana
French:
Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis]
Italian:
Pollo sultano testagrigia
Japanese:
ハイガシラセイケイ
Dutch:
Grijskoppurperkoet
Norwegian:
gråhodesultanhøne
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråhovudsultanhøne
Polish:
modrzyk siwogłowy
Russian:
Султанка
Slovak:
sultánka brahmanská
Swedish:
gråhuvad purpurhöna
Chinese:
紫水鸡
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis]) |
| Clements, version 2018: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2018: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Porphyrio [poliocephalus, melanotus or indicus]
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Other synonyms
Danish: Indisk Sultanhøne
German: Graukopf Purpurhuhn
English: Gray-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
English (India): Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen)
English (IOC): Grey-headed Swamphen
Spanish: Calamón Cabecigrís
Spanish (Spain): Calamón cabecigrís
Spanish (HBW): Calamón asiático
Estonian: lasuur-sultantait
Finnish: intiansulttaanikana
French: Talève à tête grise, Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis]
Hebrew: פורפיריה אפורת-ראש
Croatian: Sivoglava sultanka
Armenian: Մոխրագլուխ սուլթանական հավ
Italian: Pollo sultano testagrigia
Japanese: ハイガシラセイケイ
Scientific: Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis], Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
Lithuanian: Indinė sultonvištė
Malayalam: നീലക്കോഴി
Dutch: Grijskoppurperkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråhovudsultanhøne
Norwegian: gråhodesultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk siwogłowy
Portuguese (Portugal): Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Russian: Сероголовая султанка, Султанка
Slovak: sultánka brahmanská
Serbian: Sivoglava sultanka
Swedish: gråhuvad purpurhöna
Tamil: Neela Thazhai Kozhi
Thai: นกอีโก้ง
Turkish: Gri başlı sazhorozu
Chinese: 紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭紫水雞
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