African Swamphen / Porphyrio madagascariensis NE

Synonyms Green-backed Gallinule, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamphen (African), Purple Swamphen
Old latin name for bird Gallinula madagascariensis, Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascarensis, Fulica porphyrio

African Swamphenbird sounds *

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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Call, © Leo Borch
Botswana
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Alarm call, © Albert Lastukhin
Madagascar
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Call, © Tim Cockcroft
South Africa
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Lynette Rudman
Namibia

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Black-backed Swamphen

Grey-headed Swamphen

Purple Gallinule

Western Swamphen

Where to see African Swamphen

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion Africa and Madagascar

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Koningriethaan, Grootkoningriethaan
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	Madagaskarska sultanka, afrička sultanka
Czech	slípka modrá zelená, slípka africká, Slípka zelená
Danish	Afrikansk Sultanhøne, Grønrygget Sultanhøne
Dutch	Purperkoet, Smaragdpurperkoet
Esperanto	Smeralda porfirio, Madagaskara porfirio
Estonian	smaragd-sultantait
Finnish	Afrikansulttaanikana
French	Talève sultane (Afrique), Talève d'Afrique, Talève africaine, Poule sultane, Talève sultane, Talève de Madagascar, Talève d’Afrique
Frisian	Smaragdpoarperhin
Galician	Camón africano
German	Purpurhuhn, Smaragdhuhn
Greek	Πρασιvoπoυλάδα
Hebrew	פורפיריה כחולה
Hungarian	Afrikai kék fú, Madagaszkári fú
Icelandic	Slýhæna
Irish	Cearcóg dhroimghlas
Italian	Pollo sultano africano, Pollo sultano dorsoverde
Japanese	アフリカセイケイ
Latvian	Madagaskaras sultānvistiņa
Lithuanian	Madagaskarinė sultonvištė, afrikinė sultonvištė
Macedonian	Африканска султанка
Malagasy	Vatry, Talevanbe, Talecana
Norwegian	grønnryggsultanhøne
Norwegian Nynorsk	Grønryggsultanhøne
Polish	modrzyk afrykanski, modrzyk afrykański
Portuguese	Caimão-comum, Camão-de-dorso-verde, caimão-africano
Romanian	Găinuşă de Madagascar
Russian	Мадагаскарская султанка, Африканская султанка
Serbian	Afrička sultanka
Shona	Nhapata
Slovak	sultánka zelenochrbtá
Slovenian	Afriška sultanka
Spanish	Calamón de Africa, Calamón dorsiverde, Calamón Africano
Swahili	Shaunge Zambarau
Swedish	afrikansk purpurhöna
Turkish	Afrika Sazhorozu
Ukrainian	Султанка (пурпурова) зеленоспинна, султанка зеленоспинна
Welsh	Corsiar gefnwyrdd