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 Gallinula

Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gallinula*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fulica chloropus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bariu; pula e ujit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Зеленоножка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: grønbenet rørhøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: waterhoen

English: common moorhen; moorhen sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: gallinule poule-d'eau

German: Teichhuhn; Teichralle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινή Νερόκοτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: סופית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: gallinella d'acqua sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: nendrinė vištelė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sivhøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sivhøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sivhøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kokoszka wodna; kokoszka zwyczajna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: găinuşă de apă; găinuşă de baltă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: камышница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: cearc uisce sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: zelenonoga tukalica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: gallineta común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rörhöna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: saz tavugu; saz tavuğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Курочка водяна sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: iar ddwr

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.