Allen's Gallinule

Porphyrio alleni - Talève d'Allen

Talève d'Allen
juvenile
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Porphyrio

  • Species
    :

    alleni

Descriptor

Thomson, 1842

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 26 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 48 à 52 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Talève d'Allen
adult plum. breeding
Talève d'Allen
adult plum. post breeding

Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Talève d'Allen,
  • Calamoncillo africano,
  • camão-pequeno,
  • Bronzesultanshuhn,
  • afrikai szultántyúk,
  • Afrikaans Purperhoen,
  • Pollo sultano di Allen,
  • mindre sultanhöna,
  • Afrikapurpurhøne,
  • sultánka belasočelá,
  • slípka modročelá,
  • Lille Sultanhøne,
  • kurnuliejukana,
  • Kleinkoningriethaan,
  • polla blava d'Allen,
  • Reyrhæna,
  • sułtanka afrykańska,
  • mazā sultānvistiņa,
  • mala sultanka,
  • Бронзовая султанка,
  • アフリカムラサキバン,
  • 辉青水鸡,
  • 小青水雞,

Voice song and cries

Talève d'Allen
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Talève d'Allen
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Inland Deltas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Talève d'Allen
published: - Updated: 10-02-2007
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