African Swamphen / Porphyrio madagascariensis
| African Swamphen bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | NE - Not evaluated |
| Synonyms | Green-backed Gallinule, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamphen (African) |
| Old latin name for bird | Fulica porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascarensis, Gallinula madagascariensis, Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
| Family | Rails, Crakes & Coots / Rallidae |
| Genus | Porphyrio |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | Africa and Madagascar |
African Swamphen bird sounds *
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Related species
North Island Takahe
White Swamphen
Purple Gallinule
South Island Takahe
Western Swamphen
Black-backed Swamphen
Australasian Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Philippine Swamphen
Where to see African Swamphen
- Angola
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Palestine, State of
- Qatar
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
African Swamphen subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootkoningriethaan, Koningriethaan |
| Arabic | دجاجة الماء الأفريقية |
| Bengali | িঅচিকান কামরভ |
| Bulgarian | Мадагаскарска султанка |
| Catalan | polla blava africana |
| Chinese | 非洲紫水鸡 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 非洲紫水雞 |
| Croatian | afrička sultanka, Madagaskarska sultanka |
| Czech | Slípka zelená, slípka africká, slípka modrá zelená |
| Danish | Grønrygget Sultanhøne, Afrikansk Sultanhøne |
| Dutch | Smaragdpurperkoet, Purperkoet |
| Esperanto | Smeralda porfirio, Madagaskara porfirio |
| Estonian | smaragd-sultantait |
| Finnish | Afrikansulttaanikana |
| French | Talève d’Afrique, Talève de Madagascar, Talève africaine, Poule sultane, Talève sultane, Talève sultane (Afrique), Talève d'Afrique |
| Frisian | Smaragdpoarperhin |
| Galician | Camón africano |
| German | Purpurhuhn, Smaragdhuhn |
| Greek | Πρασιvoπoυλάδα |
| Hebrew | פורפיריה כחולה |
| Hungarian | Madagaszkári fú, Afrikai kék fú |
| Icelandic | Slýhæna |
| Irish | Cearcóg dhroimghlas |
| Italian | Pollo sultano dorsoverde, Pollo sultano africano |
| Japanese | アフリカセイケイ |
| Latvian | Madagaskaras sultānvistiņa |
| Lithuanian | afrikinė sultonvištė, Madagaskarinė sultonvištė |
| Macedonian | Африканска султанка |
| Malagasy | Talecana, Talevanbe, Vatry |
| Norwegian | grønnryggsultanhøne, Grønnryggsultanhøne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Grønryggsultanhøne |
| Polish | modrzyk afrykanski, modrzyk afrykański |
| Portuguese | caimão-comum, camão-africano, Camão-de-dorso-verde, caimão-africano |
| Romanian | Găinuşă de Madagascar |
| Russian | Африканская султанка, Мадагаскарская султанка |
| Serbian | Afrička sultanka |
| Shona | Nhapata |
| Slovak | sultánka zelenochrbtá |
| Slovenian | Afriška sultanka |
| Spanish | Calamón dorsiverde, Calamón de Africa, Calamón Africano |
| Swahili | Shaunge Zambarau |
| Swedish | afrikansk purpurhöna |
| Turkish | Afrika Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Султанка (пурпурова) зеленоспинна, султанка зеленоспинна |
| Welsh | Corsiar gefnwyrdd |