White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (5)
Barry Taylor, Chuenchom Hansasuta, and Peter Pyle
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witborsriethaan |
| Assamese | ডাউক |
| Bangla | ডাহুক |
| Catalan | polla pitblanca |
| Chinese | 白腹秧雞 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白胸苦惡鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白胸苦恶鸟 |
| Czech | chřástal běloprsý |
| Dutch | Witborstwaterhoen |
| English | White-breasted Waterhen |
| English (United States) | White-breasted Waterhen |
| French | Râle à poitrine blanche |
| French (France) | Râle à poitrine blanche |
| German | Weißbrust-Kielralle |
| Gujarati | સફેદછાતી સંતાકૂકડી |
| Hebrew | סופית לבנת-חזה |
| Hindi | सफ़ेद-छाती जलमुर्गी |
| Hungarian | Fehérmellű lápityúk |
| Indonesian | Kareo padi |
| Japanese | シロハラクイナ |
| Korean | 흰배뜸부기 |
| Malayalam | കുളക്കോഴി |
| Marathi | पांढऱ्या छातीची पाणकोंबडी |
| Norwegian | hvitbrystrikse |
| Odia | ଡାହୁକ |
| Persian | طاووسک سینه سفید |
| Polish | bagiewnik białopierśny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Franga-d'água-de-peito-branco |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੱਟ-ਹਿੱਕੀ ਜਲ-ਕੁਕੜੀ |
| Russian | Белогрудый погоныш |
| Serbian | Belolika barska kokica |
| Slovak | kohútec bieloprsý |
| Spanish | Gallineta Pechiblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallineta pechiblanca |
| Swedish | vattenhöna |
| Telugu | తెల్ల బొర నీటి కోడి |
| Thai | นกกวัก |
| Turkish | Ak Göğüslü Suyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Багновик білогрудий |
| Zulu | isiqhanazanesisisusimhlophe |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman revised the Systematics section to align with Clements taxonomy. Chuenchom Hansasuta and Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages and Molts pages. Brooke K. Keeney standardized the account with Clements taxonomy.
Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Gallinula phoenicurus
Pennant, 1769. Indian Zoology, p.10 pl.9.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AMAURORNIS
- PHOENICURUS
- phoenicurus
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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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Distribution of the White-breasted Waterhen
