Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (67)
- Subspecies (5)
Barry Taylor, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootwaterhoender |
| Albanian | Pulëza e ujit |
| Arabic | دجاجة الماء الاوراسية |
| Armenian | Եղեգնահավ |
| Assamese | ঢেকৰ |
| Asturian | Gallineta comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Qamışlıq toyuğu |
| Bangla | জলমুরগী |
| Basque | Uroilo arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Зеленоножка |
| Catalan | polla d'aigua comuna |
| Chinese | 紅冠水雞 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑水雞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑水鸡 |
| Croatian | mlakuša |
| Czech | slípka zelenonohá |
| Danish | Grønbenet Rørhøne |
| Dutch | Waterhoen |
| English | Eurasian Moorhen |
| English (Kenya) | Common Moorhen |
| English (South Africa) | Common Moorhen |
| English (UK) | Common Moorhen |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Moorhen |
| Faroese | Sevhøna |
| Finnish | liejukana |
| French | Gallinule poule-d'eau |
| French (France) | Gallinule poule-d'eau |
| Galician | Galiña de auga común |
| German | Teichhuhn |
| Greek | Νερόκοτα |
| Gujarati | જળમુરઘી |
| Hebrew | סופית |
| Hindi | काली जलमुर्गी |
| Hungarian | Vízityúk |
| Icelandic | Sefhæna |
| Indonesian | Mandar batu |
| Italian | Gallinella d'acqua |
| Japanese | バン |
| Korean | 쇠물닭 |
| Latvian | Ūdensvistiņa |
| Lithuanian | Nendrinė vištelė |
| Malayalam | പട്ടക്കോഴി |
| Marathi | काळी पाणकोंबडी |
| Mongolian | Хажилгат түнжүүр |
| Norwegian | sivhøne |
| Odia | ମାଣ୍ଡିଆଖାଇ |
| Persian | چنگر نوک سرخ |
| Polish | kokoszka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Galinha-d'água-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | galinha-d'água-europeia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Galinha-d'água |
| Punjabi (India) | ਜਲ ਕੁਕੜੀ |
| Romanian | Găinușă de baltă |
| Russian | Камышница |
| Serbian | Barska kokica |
| Slovak | sliepočka vodná |
| Slovenian | Zelenonoga tukalica |
| Spanish | Gallineta Común |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gallineta Euroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallineta común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Polla de Agua Euroasiática |
| Swedish | rörhöna |
| Telugu | జంబు కోడి |
| Thai | นกอีล้ำ |
| Turkish | Sutavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Курочка водяна |
| Zulu | inkukhuyamanzi |
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fulica Chloropus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.152.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted type locality, England, ex reference to Albin.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINULA
- gallinula
- chloropus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eurasian Moorhen
