New Caledonian Gallinule / Porphyrio kukwiedei
WBN New Caledonian Gallinule
SCI Name:
Protonym: Smiths.Contr.Zool. 469 23–27
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porphyrio
Taxonomy Code: necgal1
Type Locality:
Author: Balouet & Olson
Publish Year: 1989
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
PORPHYRIO
(Rallidae; Ϯ Purple Swamphen P. porphyrio) L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen < πορφυρα porphura purple; "Porphyrio. Genus 87. ... Le genre de la Poule-Sultane. Genus Porphyrionis. ... **1. LA POULE-SULTANE. ... PORPHYRIO. ... Elle est à peu près de la grosseur d'une Poule" (Brisson 1760): based on "Porphyrio" or "Porphyrion" of many authors, and Fulica Porphyrio, Linnaeus, 1758; "Porphyrio Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 522. Type, by tautonymy, Porphyrio Brisson = Fulica porphyrio Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 207). The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution in the Old World from Spain to Samoa, but some of its forms may warrant specific separation, as in Peters 1934, II, who recognised P. porphyrio, P. madagascariensis, P. poliocephalus, P. pulverulentus, and the extinct P. albus.
Var. Parphyrio, Porphyrion (Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen), Porphirio.
Synon. Caesarornis, Cyanornis, Glaucestes, Hydrornia, Ionornis, Jonocicca, Kentrophorina, Mantellornis, Notornis, Porphyriola, Porphyrula.
porphyrio
● Gr. πορφυριος porphurios purple-clad, bright-red (syn. Habia rubica).
● L. porphyrio, porphyrionis swamphen < Gr. πορφυριον porphurion swamphen, gallinule < πορφυρα porphura purple; "82. FULICA. ... Porphyrio. 3. F. fronte calva, corpore violaceo, digitis simplicibus. Fulica major pulla, fronte cera coccinea oblongo-quadrata. Brown. jam. 479. Porphyrio. Alb. av. 3. p. 79. t. 84. Raj. av. 116. n. 13. Edw. av. 87. t. 87. Dodart. act. 3. p. 30? Habitat in Asia, America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Porphyrio).
kukwiedei
“Kukwiede is the name of a divinity associated with a local legend that led to the discovery of the bone deposits at Kanumera on the Isle of Pines [New Caledonia]” (Balouet & Olson 1989) (‡Porphyrio).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
