Grey-headed Swamphen / Porphyrio poliocephalus
Grey-headed Swamphen bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | NE - Not evaluated |
Synonyms | Gray-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis] |
Old latin name for bird | Gallinula poliocephala |
Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
Family | Rails, Crakes & Coots / Rallidae |
Genus | Porphyrio |
Breeding region | Eurasia, Oriental Region |
Breeding subregion | Middle East and Indian subcontinent to s China, n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is. and s Myanmar to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen. |
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Related species

North Island Takahe

White Swamphen

Purple Gallinule

South Island Takahe

African Swamphen

Western Swamphen

Black-backed Swamphen

Australasian Swamphen

Allen's Gallinule
Where to see Grey-headed Swamphen
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- China
- Cyprus
- France
- Georgia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Grey-headed Swamphen subspecies (3)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus | India and Sri Lanka to sw China and n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is. | - | No |
Porphyrio poliocephalus seistanicus | se Turkey to the Caspian Sea, nw Iran, Iraq to Pakistan and nw India | - | No |
Porphyrio poliocephalus viridis | s Myanmar to c, s Indochina, Malay Pen. and n Sumatra | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Gryskopkoningriethaan |
Arabic | دجاجة الماء الأرجوانية |
Armenian | Մոխրագլուխ սուլթանական հավ |
Azerbaijani | Sultan toyuğu |
Bulgarian | Сивоглава султанка |
Catalan | Polla blava capgrisa |
Chinese | 紫水鸡 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 灰頭紫水雞 |
Croatian | Sivoglava sultanka, plavetna sultanka |
Czech | slípka šedohlavá |
Danish | Indisk Sultanhøne, Gråhovedet Sultanhøne |
Dutch | Grijskoppurperkoet |
Esperanto | Grizkapa porfirio |
Estonian | lasuur-sultantait |
Finnish | Harmaapääsulttaanikana, intiansulttaanikana |
French | Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis], Talève à tête grise, Talève sultane (à tête grise) |
Frisian | Griiskoppoarperhin |
Galician | Camón de cabeza cincenta |
German | Graukopf Purpurhuhn, Graukopf-Purpurhuhn |
Greek | Σταχτoκέφαλη σoυλταvoπoυλάδα |
Hebrew | פורפיריה אפורת-ראש |
Irish | Cearcóg Indiach |
Italian | Pollo sultano testagrigia |
Japanese | ハイガシラセイケイ, セイケイ |
Latvian | Pelēkgalvas sultānvistiņa |
Lithuanian | Indinė sultonvištė, Pilkagalvė sultonvištė |
Macedonian | Сивоглава султанка |
Malayalam | നീലക്കോഴി |
Marathi | जांभळी पाणकोंबडी |
Norwegian | Gråhodesultanhøne, gråhodesultanhøne |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Gråhovudsultanhøne |
Persian | طاووسک |
Polish | modrzyk siwogłowy |
Portuguese | caimão-de-cabeça-cinzenta, camão-indomalaio, camão-oriental, Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
Romanian | Găinuşă cu cap cenuşiu |
Russian | Сероголовая султанка |
Serbian | Sivoglava sultanka |
Slovak | sultánka brahmanská |
Slovenian | Sivoglava sultanka |
Spanish | Calamón asiático, Calamón cabecigrís |
Swedish | gråhuvad purpurhöna |
Tamil | Neela Thazhai Kozhi |
Thai | นกอีโก้ง |
Turkish | Gri Başlı Sazhorozu |
Ukrainian | Султанка (пурпурова) сивоголова, султанка сіроголова |
Welsh | Corsiar benllwyd |