Marquesan Swamphen
Porphyrio paepae Steadman, DW 1988
Marquesas swamphen is a presumably extinct species of swamphen from the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described from 600-year-old subfossil remains from Tahuata and Hiva Oa. It may have survived to around 1900; in the lower right corner of Paul Gauguin's 1902 painting Le Sorcier d'Hiva Oa ou le Marquisien à la cape rouge there is a bird which resembles native descriptions of Porphyrio paepae. Thor Heyerdahl claimed to have seen a similar flightless bird on Hiva Oa in 1937. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Scientific:
Porphyrio paepae
Original description
Citation:
Steadman, DW 1988
Reference:
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington
101 p.163
Protonym:
Porphyrio paepae
Type locality:
Hanatekua Shelter No. 2 Site (MH3-12), square E2-F2, 100-140 cm, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, 19 Dec 1967, P. Bellwood.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107746#page/181/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FFC0A02EB65AEDD6
Avibase ID:
avibase-FFC0A02E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FFC0A02E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
English:
Marquesan swamphen
Afrikaans:
Marquesaskoningriethaan
Bulgarian:
Маркизка султанка
Catalan:
Polla blava de les illes Marqueses
Czech:
slípka markézská
Danish:
Marquesa Sultanhøne
German:
Marquesaspurpurhuhn
Esperanto:
markiza porfirio
Spanish:
Calamón de Las Islas Marquesas
Spanish (Spain):
Calamón de las islas Marquesas
Estonian:
markiisaarte sultantait
Finnish:
marquessaartensulttaanikana
French:
Talève des Marquises
Croatian:
markezaška sultanka
Japanese:
マルキーズセイケイ
Dutch:
Markiezenpurperkoet
Norwegian:
marquesaspurpurhøne
Polish:
modrzyk markizyjski
Portuguese:
camão-das-marquesas
Portuguese (Portugal):
caimão-das-marquesas
Russian:
Маркизская султанка
Slovak:
sultánka markézska
Serbian:
Sultanka sa Markiskih ostrva (izumrla)
Swedish:
marquesaspurpurhöna
Turkish:
Markiz Adaları sazhorozu
Ukrainian:
султанка маркізька
Chinese:
马克萨紫水鸡
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Marquesan swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Avilist 2025: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2021: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2022: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2023: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2024: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2025: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Clements, version 2019: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2019: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2021: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2022: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2023: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2024: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| eBird version 2025: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Marquesan Swamphen ( Porphyrio paepae) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: fossil species (extinct)
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Other synonyms
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Catalan: Polla blava de les illes Marqueses
Czech: slípka markézská
Danish: Marquesa Sultanhøne
German: Marquesaspurpurhuhn
English: Marquesan swamphen, Marquesas Islands Gallinule
English, HBW: Marquesan Swamphen
English (IOC): Marquesan Swamphen
English (United States): Marquesan Swamphen
Esperanto: markiza porfirio
Spanish: Calamón de Las Islas Marquesas
Spanish (Spain): Calamón de las islas Marquesas
Estonian: markiisaarte sultantait
Finnish: Marquessaartensulttaanikana
French: Talève des Marquises
Croatian: markezaška sultanka
Japanese: マルキーズセイケイ
Scientific: Porphyrio paepae
Dutch: Markiezenpurperkoet
Norwegian: marquesaspurpurhøne
Polish: modrzyk markizyjski
Portuguese: camão-das-marquesas
Portuguese (Portugal): caimão-das-marquesas
Russian: Маркизская султанка
Slovak: sultánka markézska
Serbian: Sultanka sa Markiskih ostrva (izumrla)
Swedish: Marquesaspurpurhöna
Turkish: Markiz Adaları sazhorozu
Ukrainian: султанка маркізька
Chinese: 马克萨紫水鸡
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