Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Gruiformes > Suborder Ralli > Superfamily Ralloidea > Family Rallidae > Genus Porphyrio

Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porphyrio*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Porphyrula alleni*	(Thomson, 1842)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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).

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

German: Bronzesultanshuhn sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

Greek: Αφρικανική νερόκοτα

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567855

Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5c62b353-03ff-43a2-9458-12f42fa98185

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Environment

not marine, not brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Peter Adriaens

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