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    Species Accepted

    Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Purple Gallinule

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 8 countries or islands

      8 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      GermanyNo
      DenmarkNo
      United KingdomNo
      PolandNo
      United States of AmericaNo
      VanuatuNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      44 results
      Bláhæna Icelandic
      Calamón común Spanish
      Mandar besar Indonesian
      Mor Sazhorozu Turkish
      Pollo sultano Italian
      Poule sultane French
      Purperkoet Dutch
      Purple Gallinule English
      Purple Swamp-Hen English
      Purple Swamphen English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Avibase - the world bird database.
      Gill, Frank, & and Minturn Wright. (2006). Birds of the World: Recommended English Names.
      Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 152
      Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-Passerines.
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
      Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. (1987). Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, No. 166.

      Citation

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