Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus Scientific name definitions
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (5)
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Croatian | australazijska sultanka |
| Czech | slípka australasijská |
| Dutch | Australische Purperkoet |
| English | Australasian Swamphen |
| English (New Zealand) | Pukeko |
| English (United States) | Australasian Swamphen |
| French | Talève australe |
| French (France) | Talève australe |
| German | Australpurpurhuhn |
| Icelandic | Seyluhæna |
| Indonesian | Mandar australia |
| Japanese | オーストラリアセイケイ |
| Norwegian | brunryggsultanhøne |
| Polish | modrzyk ciemny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Camão-australasiático |
| Russian | Австралийская султанка |
| Serbian | Australazijska sultanka |
| Slovak | sultánka pukeko |
| Spanish | Calamón Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamón australiano |
| Swedish | australisk purpurhöna |
| Turkish | Avustralya Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Султанка австралійська |
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
PROTONYM:
Porphyrio melanotus
Temminck, 1820. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.) ed.2, part 1, p.701.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- melanotum / melanotus
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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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