Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis] (Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis])

Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]

Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis] (= Porphyrio poliocephalus) (Latham, J 1801)

The grey-headed swamphen is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six subspecies groups are designated full species. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1801)

Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Protonym:
Gallinula poliocephala

Type locality:
India.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/74/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
BFAE9B0403627027

Avibase ID:
avibase-BFAE9B04

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 (USA) apparently is this subspecies
Porphyrio poliocephalus seistanicus: Iraq and southern Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India
Porphyrio poliocephalus caspius: Caspian Sea to northwestern Iran and Türkiye
Porphyrio indicus viridis: southern Myanmar to southern Thailand, southern China, Malay Peninsula, and Indochina

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
French:
Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): 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])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] ( Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis])
Clements, version 2021: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
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]
eBird version 2021: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: 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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Grey-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: 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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Afrikaans: Gryskopkoningriethaan
Arabic: دجاجة الماء الأرجوانية
Azerbaijani: Sultan toyuğu
Bulgarian: Сивоглава султанка
Catalan: Polla blava capgrisa
Czech: slípka šedohlavá
Welsh: Corsiar benllwyd
Danish: Gråhovedet Sultanhøne, Indisk Sultanhøne
German: Graukopf Purpurhuhn, Graukopf-Purpurhuhn
Greek: Σταχτoκέφαλη σoυλταvoπoυλάδα
English: Gray-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
English (Bangladesh): Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen)
English, HBW: Purple Swamphen (Grey-headed)
English (India): Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen)
English (IOC): Grey-headed Swamphen
English (United States): Gray-headed Swamphen
Esperanto: Grizkapa porfirio
Spanish: Calamón asiático, Calamón Cabecigrís
Spanish (Spain): Calamón cabecigrís
Spanish (HBW): Calamón asiático
Estonian: lasuur-sultantait
Persian: طاووسک
Finnish: Harmaapääsulttaanikana, intiansulttaanikana
French: Talève à tête grise, Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis], Talève sultane (à tête grise)
Frisian: Griiskoppoarperhin
Irish: Cearcóg Indiach
Galician: Camón de cabeza cincenta
Hebrew: פורפיריה אפורת-ראש
Croatian: Plavetna sultanka, Sivoglava sultanka
Armenian: Մոխրագլուխ սուլթանական հավ
Italian: Pollo sultano testagrigia
Japanese: ハイガシラセイケイ
Scientific: Gallinula poliocephala, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio poliocephalus [incl. viridis], Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus, Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
Lithuanian: Indinė sultonvištė, Pilkagalvė sultonvištė
Latvian: Pelēkgalvas sultānvistiņa
Macedonian: Сивоглава султанка
Malayalam: നീലക്കോഴി
Marathi: जांभळी पाणकोंबडी
Dutch: Grijskoppurperkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråhovudsultanhøne
Norwegian: gråhodesultanhøne
Polish: modrzyk siwogłowy
Portuguese: Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-de-cabeça-cinzenta, Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Rhaeto-Romance: Pulsauna dal chau grisch
Romanian: Găinuşă cu cap cenuşiu
Russian: Сероголовая султанка, Султанка
Slovak: sultánka brahmanská
Slovenian: Sivoglava sultanka
Serbian: Sivoglava sultanka
Swedish: gråhuvad purpurhöna
Tamil: Neela Thazhai Kozhi
Thai: นกอีโก้ง
Turkish: Gri başlı sazhorozu
Ukrainian: Султанка (пурпурова) сивоголова, султанка сіроголова
Chinese: 紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭紫水雞