Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Amaurornis [phoenicurus or olivacea] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Witborsriethaan
Azerbaijani: ağdöş kiçik sufərəsi
Belarusian: Белагруды пагоніч
Bulgarian: Белогръд дърдавец
Bengali: ধরাফুক ডাহুক , ধলাবুক ডাহুক
Bengali (transliteration): dhalābuka ḍ'̔āhuka
Catalan: Polla pitblanca
Cebuano: korowakwak
Czech: chřástal běloprsý, Slípka beloprsá
Welsh: Iâr ddŵr fronwen
Danish: Hvidbrystet Rørhøne
German: Weissbrustkielralle, Weißbrust-Kielralle
English: White breasted swamphen, White-breasted Bush-hen, White-breasted Swamphen, White-breasted Water Hen, White-breasted Waterhen, White-brested waterhen
English, HBW: White-breasted Waterhen
English (IOC): White-breasted Waterhen
English (United States): White-breasted Waterhen
Esperanto: Blankbrusta galinolo, Fenikura amaŭrornito
Spanish: Gallineta de Pecho Blanco, Gallineta Pechiblanca
Spanish (Spain): Gallineta Pechiblanca
Spanish (HBW): White-breasted Waterhen
Estonian: valgerind-huik
Persian: طاووسک سینه‌ سفید, طاووسک سینه‌سفید
Finnish: Ojasuokana
French: Marouette à poitrine blanche, Râle à poitrine blanche
Frisian: Wytboarstreidhintsje
Irish: Cearc uisce bhroinnbhán
Galician: Galiñola de peito branco
Hebrew: סופית לבנת-חזה
Hindi: Kanan kozhi
Croatian: bjeloprsa štijoka
Hungarian: fehérmellű lápityúk
Indonesian: Burung Kareo, Burung Kareo Padi, Kareo, Kareo padi, Totokeo
Italian: Gallinella d'acqua pettobianco, Gallinella pettobianco, Rallo acquaiolo pettobianco
Japanese (romaji): shiro-hara kuina, shiroharakuina, Shirohara-kuina
Japanese: シロハラクィナ, シロハラクイナ
Japanese (Kanji): 白腹水鶏, 白腹秧鶏
Mongolian, Halh: түнжүүхэй
Korean: 흰배뜸부기
Korean (Transliteration): huin-bae-tteumbugi
Scientific: Amaurornis phoenicurus, Amaurornis phoenicurus chinensis, Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus, Fulica chinensis, Gallinula erythrina, Gallinula erythrura, Gallinula javanica, Gallinula phoenicurus, Rallus phoenicurus, Rallus phoenicurus, Rallus sumatranus, Stagnicola minor, Stagnicola septentrionalis
Lithuanian: Baltakrūtė žaliasnapė vištelė, Baltakrūtis amauronis, baltakrūtis amaurornis, Dūminė vištelė
Latvian: baltkrūšu ormanītis
Macedonian: Белограда барска кокошка
Malayalam: കുളക്കോഴി, കുളക്കോഴി  
Mongolian: түнжүүхэй, Цагааномруут түнжүүхэй
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠣᠮᠣᠷᠣᠣᠲᠣ ᠲᠦᠨᠵᠦᠭᠡᠬᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠠᠯᠪᠠ ᠬᠠᠨᠴᠢᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Тарач, Шалбаа ханчир
Mongolian (Transliteration): shalbaa khanchir, tarach, tsag aaŋ-omruut tüŋjüükhei
Mamasa: kurodo
Marathi: पांढऱ्या छातीची पाणकोंबडी
Malay: Ayam-ayam, Burung Kuar(an), Burung Ruah-ruah, Burung Ruak-ruak, Burung Uwak-uwak, Ruak-Ruak
Nepali: सिमकुखुरा
Dutch: Witborstwaterhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitbrystrikse
Norwegian: Hvitbrystrikse
Polish: bagiewnik bialopiersny, Bagiewnik białopierśny
Pinyin: bái-fù yāng-jī, bái-liǎn yāng-jī, bái-miàn-jī, bái-xiōng hēi shuǐ-jī, bái-xiōng kǔ-è-niǎo, bái-xiōng yāng-jī, bái-xiōng yāng-niǎo, gū-è-jī, kǔ-è-niǎo
Portuguese: Franga-d'agua-de peito-branco, Galinha-d'água-de-peito-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): Franga-d'água-de-peito-branco, galinha-d'água-de-peito-branco
Rhaeto-Romance: Ralla dal pèz alv
Romanian: Cresteţ cu piept alb
Russian: Белогрудая зеленоклювая камышница, белогрудый малый пастушок, Белогрудый погоныш, Погоныш белогрудый
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Laya-sudu Korawakka
Slovak: chriašť bieloprsý, chriašteľ bielotvárový, kohútec bieloprsý
Slovenian: Beloprsa tukalica
Serbian: Belogrudi barski petlić, Belolika barska kokica
Swedish: Vattenhöna
Tamil: Kambul Kozhi
Thai: นกกวัก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kwàk
Turkish: Ak Göğüslü Sutavuğu, Ak göğüslü suyelvesi, ak suratlı suyelvesi, Ak-suratlı Suyelvesi
Ukrainian: Багновик білогрудий
Vietnamese: Chim Cuốc ngực trắng, Cuốc ngực trắng
Chinese: 姑恶鸡, 白胸秧鸟, 白胸秧鸡, 白胸苦恶鸟, 白胸苦恶鸡, 白胸苦惡鳥, 白胸黑水鸡, 白脸秧鸡, 白腹秧雞 , 白面鸡, 苦恶鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 姑惡雞, 白胸秧雞, 白胸秧鳥, 白胸苦惡鳥, 白胸黑水雞, 白腹秧雞, 白腹秧雞〔白胸苦惡鳥〕, 白臉秧雞, 白面雞, 苦惡鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白腹秧雞
Chinese (Taiwan): 白腹秧鸡