Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Scientific name definitions
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Gallineta azul europea |
| Basque | Uroilo urdina |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена султанка |
| Catalan | polla blava comuna |
| Croatian | velika sultanka |
| Czech | slípka modrá |
| Danish | Sultanhøne |
| Dutch | Purperkoet |
| English | Western Swamphen |
| English (United States) | Western Swamphen |
| Finnish | sulttaanikana |
| French | Talève sultane |
| French (France) | Talève sultane |
| Galician | Camón común |
| German | Purpurhuhn |
| Greek | Σουλτανοπουλάδα |
| Hebrew | פורפיריה מערבית |
| Hungarian | Nyugati kékfú |
| Icelandic | Bláhæna |
| Italian | Pollo sultano |
| Japanese | セイケイ |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji sultonvištė |
| Norwegian | blåsultanhøne |
| Polish | modrzyk (zwyczajny) |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Camão |
| Romanian | Găinușă albastră |
| Russian | Султанка |
| Serbian | Sultanka |
| Slovak | sultánka modrá |
| Slovenian | Afriška sultanka |
| Spanish | Calamón Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamón común |
| Swedish | västlig purpurhöna |
| Turkish | Mor Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Султанка пурпурова |
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fulica Porphyrio
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:
Asia, America = lands bordering the western Mediterranean Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
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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)
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