Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus Scientific name definitions
- Names (42)
- Subspecies (4)
C. T. Callaghan, Bill Pranty, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | دجاجة الماء الأرجوانية |
| Armenian | Մոխրագլուխ սուլթանական հավ |
| Assamese | কাম চৰাই |
| Azerbaijani | Sultan toyuğu |
| Chinese | 灰頭紫水雞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 紫水鸡 |
| Croatian | plavetna sultanka |
| Czech | slípka šedohlavá |
| Danish | Gråhovedet Sultanhøne |
| Dutch | Grijskoppurperkoet |
| English | Gray-headed Swamphen |
| English (Bangladesh) | Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen) |
| English (India) | Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen) |
| English (United States) | Gray-headed Swamphen |
| French | Talève à tête grise |
| French (France) | Talève à tête grise |
| German | Graukopf-Purpurhuhn |
| Gujarati | નીલ જળમુરઘો |
| Hebrew | פורפיריה אפורת-ראש |
| Icelandic | Fenjahæna |
| Indonesian | Mandar kepala-kelabu |
| Italian | Pollo sultano testagrigia |
| Japanese | ハイガシラセイケイ |
| Lithuanian | Indinė sultonvištė |
| Malayalam | നീലക്കോഴി |
| Marathi | जांभळी पाणकोंबडी |
| Norwegian | gråhodesultanhøne |
| Odia | କାମଚଢ଼େଇ |
| Persian | طاووسک |
| Polish | modrzyk siwogłowy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨੀਲੀ ਜਲ ਕੁਕੜੀ |
| Russian | Сероголовая султанка |
| Serbian | Sivoglava sultanka |
| Slovak | sultánka brahmanská |
| Spanish | Calamón Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamón cabecigrís |
| Swedish | gråhuvad purpurhöna |
| Telugu | ఊదా చెంచు కోడి |
| Thai | นกอีโก้ง |
| Turkish | Gri Başlı Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Султанка сіроголова |
Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801)
PROTONYM:
Gallinula poliocephala
Latham, 1801. Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ, p.lxviii.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- POLIOCEPHALUS
- poliocephalus
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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)
