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

Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Fulica Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gallinula*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fulica chloropus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective 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.

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

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)

English-United States: Common Moorhen; Moorhen sources: Charles Hussey

French: gallinule poule-d'eau

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

Galician: Cearc uisce

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

Irish: Cearc uisce sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 152

Norwegian Nynorsk: sivhøne sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 152

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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.
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1065 publications)
GenBank (42 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:159009

Drs Cees Roselaar. Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96779