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 martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porphyrio*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fulica martinica*	Linnaeus, 1766	synonym
*Porphyrula martinica*	(Linnaeus, 1766)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Amerikaans purperhoen sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

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

French: Talève violacée sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: amerikapurpurhøne

Literature

basis of record	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.