Western Swamphen / Porphyrio porphyrio
| Western Swamphen bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Mediterranean swamphen, Purple moorhen, Blue coot, Purple Swamp-hen, Purple coot, Purple Swamphen, Swamp hen, Sultan hen, Purple swamp hen, Purple Swamphen (European), European Purple Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, West Mediterranean Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamphen (West Mediterranean) |
| Old latin name for bird | Fulica alba, Porphyrio albus, Gallinula alba, Fulica porphyrio |
| Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
| Family | Rails, Crakes & Coots / Rallidae |
| Genus | Porphyrio |
| Breeding region | Africa, Eurasia |
| Breeding subregion | sw Europe and nw Africa |
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Related species
North Island Takahe
White Swamphen
Purple Gallinule
South Island Takahe
African Swamphen
Black-backed Swamphen
Australasian Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Philippine Swamphen
Where to see Western Swamphen
Western Swamphen subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese koningriethaan, Grootkoningriethaan |
| Albanian | Pulujsja sulltane |
| Arabic | دجاجة السلطان |
| Armenian | Սուլ անական Հավ, [Sultanakan Huv ], Սուլթանական Հավ |
| Azerbaijani | adi sultan toyuğu, sultan toyuğu, Soltan toyuğu, adi sultanquş, sultantoyuğu |
| Basque | Polla blava, Uroilo urdina, Uroilo urdin |
| Belarusian | Султанка |
| Bengali | বেগুনি কালেম, হফগুচন কামরভ |
| Breton | Douryar roueel |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена султанка |
| Catalan | Gall faver, polla blava, Polla blava comuna |
| Chinese | 西紫水鸡, 紫水鸡, 紫水雞 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紫水雞 |
| Croatian | Europska velika sultanka, velika sultanka |
| Czech | slípka modrá, Slípka modrá stredomorská, Slípka modrá středomořská |
| Danish | Sultanhøne |
| Dutch | Purperkoet |
| Esperanto | Porfiria porfirio, Ordinara porfirio, Purpura porfirio, Porfirio, Sultankoko |
| Estonian | sultantait |
| Faroese | Brandnev |
| Finnish | Välimerensulttaanikana, sulttaanikana |
| French | Talève sultane, Talève sultane (nominal), Talève sultane (race nominale), Poule sultane, Talève sultane (nominale), Porphyrion bleu, Talève sultane (Europe) |
| Frisian | Poarperhin |
| Galician | Camón común, Camón, Polla blava |
| Georgian | ხონთქრის ქათამი, პორფირიონი |
| German | Purpurhuhn |
| Greek | Σουλτανοπουλλάδα, Σουλτανοπουλάδα, Σoυλταvoπoυλάδα |
| Hebrew | פורפיריה מערבית, פורפיריה |
| Hindi | Tanneer kozhi |
| Hungarian | kék fú |
| Icelandic | Bláhæna |
| Indonesian | Burung Mandar Besar, Mandar besar |
| Irish | Cearcóg chorcra |
| Italian | Pollo sultano |
| Japanese | セイケイ, ヨーロッパセイケイ |
| Kazakh | Кєкмандай |
| Latvian | sultānvistiņa |
| Lithuanian | paprastoji sultonvištė, Sultonvištė |
| Luxembourgish | Purpurhong |
| Macedonian | Султанка |
| Malagasy | Vatry, Talevanabe, Talecana |
| Malay | Burung Pangling Ungu, Burung Pangling, Burung Pang(u)lin, Ayam Air, Pangling |
| Malayalam | നീലക്കോഴി ? |
| Maltese | Faġan tal-Baħar |
| Maori | pukeko, Pu-keko |
| Nepali | कुर्मा |
| Northern Sami | Sultánvuonccis |
| Norwegian | blåsultanhøne, Blåsultanhøne, Sultanhøne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Blåsultanhøne |
| Polish | Modrzyk modroskrzydły, modrzyk (zwyczajny), modrzyk, Modrzyk zwyczajny |
| Portuguese | camão-ocidental, Camão(-comum), camão, Caimão, caimão-europeu |
| Romanian | Găinuşă sultan |
| Romansh | Pulsauna sultana |
| Russian | Султанка (подвид porphyrio), Султанка |
| Serbian | Sultanka |
| Slovak | sliepočka modrá, sultánka modrá |
| Slovenian | sultanka, afriška sultanka |
| Spanish | Calamón común |
| Swahili | Shaunge Zambarau |
| Swedish | västlig purpurhöna, Purpurhöna |
| Thai | นกอีโก้ง |
| Turkish | Mor Sazhorozu, Sazhorozu |
| Turkmen | soltantowuk |
| Ukrainian | Султанка (підвид porphyrio), султанка пурпурова, Султанка , Султанська курка |
| Vietnamese | Chim Xít, Trích cồ, Chim Cuồng, Xít, Chim Trích |
| Welsh | Corsiar |