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

Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porphyrio*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Porphyrula martinica*	(Linnaeus, 1766)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Nynorsk (Norwegian): amerikapurpurhøne

Literature

basis of record	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766). 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:422597