purple swamphen

English

purple swamp hen

Noun

purple swamphen (plural purple swamphens)

Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.

Synonyms

African purple swamphen
purple coot
purple gallinule
purple moorhen
sultana bird

Translations

Porphyrio porphyrio

Dutch: purperkoet (nl) m
Esperanto: purpura porfirio
Finnish: sulttaanikana (fi)
French: poule sultane (fr) f, talève sultane (fr) f
German: Purpurhuhn
Greek:
Ancient: πορφυρίων m (porphuríōn)
Hungarian: kék fú
Italian: pollo sultano m
Latin: porphirio f
Maori: pūkeko
Norwegian: sultanhøne

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