Western Swamphen
Western Swamphen
Here the details of the Western Swamphen named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fulica Porphyrio Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.152
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porphyrio
Taxonomy Code: purswa1
Type Locality: Asia, America = lands bordering the western Mediterranean Sea.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PORPHYRIO
(Rallidae; Ϯ Purple Swamphen P. porphyrio) L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen < πορφυρα porphura purple; "Porphyrio. Genus 87. ... Le genre de la Poule-Sultane. Genus Porphyrionis. ... **1. LA POULE-SULTANE. ... PORPHYRIO. ... Elle est à peu près de la grosseur d'une Poule" (Brisson 1760): based on "Porphyrio" or "Porphyrion" of many authors, and Fulica Porphyrio, Linnaeus, 1758; "Porphyrio Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 522. Type, by tautonymy, Porphyrio Brisson = Fulica porphyrio Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 207). The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution in the Old World from Spain to Samoa, but some of its forms may warrant specific separation, as in Peters 1934, II, who recognised P. porphyrio, P. madagascariensis, P. poliocephalus, P. pulverulentus, and the extinct P. albus.
Var. Parphyrio, Porphyrion (Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen), Porphirio.
Synon. Caesarornis, Cyanornis, Glaucestes, Hydrornia, Ionornis, Jonocicca, Kentrophorina, Mantellornis, Notornis, Porphyriola, Porphyrula.
porphyrio
● Gr. πορφυριος porphurios purple-clad, bright-red (syn. Habia rubica).
● L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen, gallinule < πορφυρα porphura purple; "82. FULICA. ... Porphyrio. 3. F. fronte calva, corpore violaceo, digitis simplicibus. Fulica major pulla, fronte cera coccinea oblongo-quadrata. Brown. jam. 479. Porphyrio. Alb. av. 3. p. 79. t. 84. Raj. av. 116. n. 13. Edw. av. 87. t. 87. Dodart. act. 3. p. 30? Habitat in Asia, America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Porphyrio).
PORPHYRIO
(Rallidae; Ϯ Purple Swamphen P. porphyrio) L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen < πορφυρα porphura purple; "Porphyrio. Genus 87. ... Le genre de la Poule-Sultane. Genus Porphyrionis. ... **1. LA POULE-SULTANE. ... PORPHYRIO. ... Elle est à peu près de la grosseur d'une Poule" (Brisson 1760): based on "Porphyrio" or "Porphyrion" of many authors, and Fulica Porphyrio, Linnaeus, 1758; "Porphyrio Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 522. Type, by tautonymy, Porphyrio Brisson = Fulica porphyrio Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 207). The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution in the Old World from Spain to Samoa, but some of its forms may warrant specific separation, as in Peters 1934, II, who recognised P. porphyrio, P. madagascariensis, P. poliocephalus, P. pulverulentus, and the extinct P. albus.
Var. Parphyrio, Porphyrion (Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen), Porphirio.
Synon. Caesarornis, Cyanornis, Glaucestes, Hydrornia, Ionornis, Jonocicca, Kentrophorina, Mantellornis, Notornis, Porphyriola, Porphyrula.
porphyrio
● Gr. πορφυριος porphurios purple-clad, bright-red (syn. Habia rubica).
● L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen, gallinule < πορφυρα porphura purple; "82. FULICA. ... Porphyrio. 3. F. fronte calva, corpore violaceo, digitis simplicibus. Fulica major pulla, fronte cera coccinea oblongo-quadrata. Brown. jam. 479. Porphyrio. Alb. av. 3. p. 79. t. 84. Raj. av. 116. n. 13. Edw. av. 87. t. 87. Dodart. act. 3. p. 30? Habitat in Asia, America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Porphyrio).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)