Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gruiformes > Family Rallidae > Genus Porphyrio

Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porphyrio*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Porphyrula alleni*	(Thomson, 1842)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Lille sultanhøne sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Afrikaans purperhoen sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: Allen's gallinule sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

English-United States: Allen’s Gallinule sources: African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement

French: talève d'Allen sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Bronzesultanshuhn sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Greek: Αφρικανική νερόκοτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Aleno sultonvištė sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: бронзовая султанка sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: mala sultanka sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Calamoncillo africano

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567855