Grey-headed Swamphen / Porphyrio poliocephalus NE

Synonyms Gray-headed Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen [incl. viridis]
Old latin name for bird Gallinula poliocephala

Grey-headed Swamphenbird sounds *

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Call, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Greg Irving
Thailand
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Dave GUO
China
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Call, © Ding Li Yong
Malaysia
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)
Thailand
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Alarm call, © Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)
Thailand

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

Related species

Black-backed Swamphen

Purple Gallinule

Western Swamphen

African Swamphen

Where to see Grey-headed Swamphen

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.

Grey-headed Swamphen subspecies (3)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
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

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
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	Gråhovedet Sultanhøne, Indisk Sultanhøne
Dutch	Grijskoppurperkoet
Esperanto	Grizkapa porfirio
Estonian	lasuur-sultantait
Finnish	intiansulttaanikana, Harmaapääsulttaanikana
French	Talève sultane (à tête grise), Talève à tête grise, Talève à tête grise [incl. viridis]
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	Pilkagalvė sultonvištė, Indinė sultonvištė
Macedonian	Сивоглава султанка
Malayalam	നീലക്കോഴി
Marathi	जांभळी पाणकोंबडी
Norwegian	gråhodesultanhøne
Norwegian Nynorsk	Gråhovudsultanhøne
Persian	طاووسک
Polish	modrzyk siwogłowy
Portuguese	camão-oriental, Camão-de-cabeça-cinzenta, caimão-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Romanian	Găinuşă cu cap cenuşiu
Russian	Султанка, 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 сіроголова, Султанка (пурпурова) сивоголова
Welsh	Corsiar benllwyd