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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Gruiformes > Family: Rallidae > Genus: Porphyrio > Species: Porphyrio porphyrio > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	167 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A124

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000013	Spain	Tablas de Daimiel	Map
ES0000014	Spain	Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno	Map
ES0000019	Spain	Aiguamolls de l'Alt Empordà	Map
ES0000020	Spain	Delta de l'Ebre	Map
ES0000023	Spain	L'Albufera	Map
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000025	Spain	Marismas del Odiel	Map
ES0000026	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Espera	Map
ES0000027	Spain	Laguna de Medina	Map
ES0000029	Spain	Complejo Endorreico del Puerto de Santa María	Map
ES0000030	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Puerto Real	Map
ES0000033	Spain	Laguna de Fuente de Piedra	Map
ES0000034	Spain	Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Map
ES0000038	Spain	S'Albufera de Mallorca	Map
ES0000048	Spain	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Map
ES0000058	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent	Map
ES0000060	Spain	Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca	Map
ES0000119	Spain	Carrizales y sotos de Aranjuez	Map
ES0000133	Spain	Laguna de Pitillas	Map
ES0000134	Spain	Embalse de las Cañas	Map
ES0000140	Spain	Bahía de Cádiz	Map
ES0000142	Spain	Cortados y cantiles de los ríos Jarama y Manzanares	Map
ES0000146	Spain	Delta del Llobregat	Map
ES0000147	Spain	Marjal de Pego-Oliva	Map
ES0000148	Spain	Marjal dels Moros	Map
ES0000169	Spain	Río Tajo en Castrejón, islas de Malpica de Tajo y Azután	Map
ES0000211	Spain	Desembocadura del riu Millars	Map
ES0000260	Spain	Mar Menor	Map
ES0000262	Spain	Sierras del Gigante-Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena y Sierra de la Torrecilla	Map
ES0000272	Spain	Brazo del Este	Map
ES0000273	Spain	Embalse de Cordobilla	Map
ES0000274	Spain	Embalse de Malpasillo	Map
ES0000275	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Lebrija-Las Cabezas	Map
ES0000324	Spain	Embalse de Arrocampo	Map
ES0000328	Spain	Embalse de Montijo	Map
ES0000393	Spain	Azud de Badajoz	Map
ES0000400	Spain	Arrozales de Palazuelo y Guadalperales	Map
ES0000418	Spain	Embalse de Talaván	Map
ES6110001	Spain	Albufera de Adra	Map
ES6120001	Spain	Cola del Embalse de Arcos	Map
ES6120002	Spain	Cola del Embalse de Bornos	Map
ES6120003	Spain	Estuario del Río Guadiaro	Map
ES6120014	Spain	Laguna de Las Canteras y El Tejón	Map
ES6150003	Spain	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Map
ES6160002	Spain	Alto Guadalquivir	Map
ES6170001	Spain	Laguna de La Ratosa	Map
ES6170015	Spain	Lagunas de Campillos	Map
ES6180001	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Utrera	Map
ES6180002	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela	Map
ES6180003	Spain	Laguna del Gosque	Map
ES6310001	Spain	Calamocarro-Benzú	Map
FR9110034	France	Étang du Bagnas	Map
FR9110042	France	Étangs palavasiens et étang de l'Estagnol	Map
FR9112001	France	Camargue gardoise fluvio-lacustre	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
FR9312001	France	Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône	Map
FR9312008	France	Salins d'Hyères et des Pesquiers	Map
IT20B0009	Italy	Valli del Mincio	Map
ITA050001	Italy	Biviere e Macconi di Gela	Map
ITA060002	Italy	Lago di Pergusa	Map
ITA070001	Italy	Foce del Fiume Simeto e Lago Gornalunga	Map
ITA090002	Italy	Vendicari	Map
ITA090003	Italy	Pantani della Sicilia sud orientale	Map
ITA090004	Italy	Pantano Morghella	Map
ITA090006	Italy	Saline di Siracusa e Fiume Ciane	Map
ITA090013	Italy	Saline di Priolo	Map
ITB034001	Italy	Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia	Map
ITB034004	Italy	Corru S'Ittiri, stagno di S. Giovanni e Marceddì	Map
ITB034005	Italy	Stagno di Pauli Majori	Map
ITB034008	Italy	Stagno di Cabras	Map
ITB044002	Italy	Saline di Molentargius	Map
ITB044003	Italy	Stagno di Cagliari	Map
PTZPE0005	Portugal	Paul de Arzila	Map
PTZPE0006	Portugal	Paul da Madriz	Map
PTZPE0008	Portugal	Paul do Boquilobo	Map
PTZPE0011	Portugal	Estuário do Sado	Map
PTZPE0013	Portugal	Lagoa de Santo André	Map
PTZPE0017	Portugal	Ria Formosa	Map
PTZPE0018	Portugal	Sapais de Castro Marim	Map
PTZPE0049	Portugal	Lagoa Pequena	Map
ES4250010	Spain	Humedales de La Mancha	Map
ITB040019	Italy	Stagni di Colostrai e delle Saline	Map
ES6200006	Spain	Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor	Map
ES6160001	Spain	Laguna Honda	Map
ITB030033	Italy	Stagno di Pauli Maiori di Oristano	Map
ITB010003	Italy	Stagno e ginepreto di Platamona	Map
FR9112016	France	Étang de Capestang	Map
ES6130005	Spain	Suroeste de La Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro	Map
ITA090029	Italy	Pantani della Sicilia sud-orientale, Morghella, di Marzamemi, di Punta Pilieri e Vendicari	Map
ITB030036	Italy	Stagno di Cabras	Map
FR9312015	France	Étangs entre Istres et Fos	Map
ITA050012	Italy	Torre Manfria, Biviere e Piana di Gela	Map
ES6150001	Spain	Laguna de El Portil	Map
ES4320077	Spain	Monfragüe	Map
ES6200034	Spain	Lomas del Buitre y Río Luchena	Map
ES4310026	Spain	Río Guadiana Alto - Zujar	Map
PTCON0011	Portugal	Estuário do Sado	Map
ES4210004	Spain	Lagunas saladas de Pétrola y Salobrejo y complejo lagunar de Corral Rubio	Map
ES4250009	Spain	Yesares del valle del Tajo	Map
ES4240018	Spain	Sierra de Altomira	Map
ITB042223	Italy	Stagno di Santa Caterina	Map
ITB040029	Italy	Costa di Nebida	Map
ES5223007	Spain	Marjal d'Almenara	Map
ES4220001	Spain	Navas de Malagón	Map
ES6150012	Spain	Dehesa del Estero y Montes de Moguer	Map
ES3110006	Spain	Vegas, cuestas y páramos del sureste de Madrid	Map
ITA070025	Italy	Tratto di Pietralunga del Fiume Simeto	Map
ITB042226	Italy	Stagno di Porto Botte	Map
ES6120011	Spain	Laguna de Los Tollos	Map
ES6150017	Spain	Marisma de Las Carboneras	Map
FR9112005	France	Complexe lagunaire de Salses-Leucate	Map
ITA070029	Italy	Biviere di Lentini, tratto mediano e foce del Fiume Simeto e area antistante la foce	Map
ITB010004	Italy	Foci del Coghinas	Map
ES6130007	Spain	Guadiato-Bembézar	Map
ES6150021	Spain	Corredor Ecológico del Río Tinto	Map
ES6130015	Spain	Río Guadalquivir -Tramo Medio	Map
FR9112022	France	Est et sud de Béziers	Map
ITA050011	Italy	Torre Manfria	Map
PTCON0005	Portugal	Paul de Arzila	Map
ES4220005	Spain	Lagunas volcánicas del Campo de Calatrava	Map
ITB030016	Italy	Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia e territori limitrofi	Map
ES6150014	Spain	Marismas y Riberas del Tinto	Map
ITB030032	Italy	Stagno di Corru S'Ittiri	Map
ES6150028	Spain	Estuario del Río Piedras	Map
FR9112006	France	Étang de Lapalme	Map
ES4320016	Spain	Río Aljucen Alto	Map
ITB040023	Italy	Stagno di Cagliari, Saline di Macchiareddu, Laguna di Santa Gilla	Map
ITB030037	Italy	Stagno di Santa Giusta	Map
ITB020013	Italy	Palude di Osalla	Map
ITB040028	Italy	Punta S'Aliga	Map
ES5130018	Spain	Estany d'Ivars- Vilasana	Map
ITB011155	Italy	Lago di Baratz - Porto Ferro	Map
ITB040022	Italy	Stagno di Molentargius e territori limitrofi	Map
ITB030034	Italy	Stagno di Mistras di Oristano	Map
FR9112007	France	Étangs du Narbonnais	Map
IT20B0017	Italy	Ansa e Valli del Mincio	Map
FR9112017	France	Étang de Mauguio	Map
ES6150009	Spain	Doñana Norte y Oeste	Map
ITB043025	Italy	Stagni di Colostrai	Map
ES6150019	Spain	Bajo Guadalquivir	Map
ITB022214	Italy	Lido di Orrì	Map
ES6160004	Spain	Laguna Grande	Map
ES6130006	Spain	Guadalmellato	Map
ES6180005	Spain	Corredor Ecológico del Río Guadiamar	Map
ES2200040	Spain	Río Ebro	Map
ES6200045	Spain	Ríos Mula y Pliego	Map
ES4310017	Spain	Río Aljucén Bajo	Map
ITB010002	Italy	Stagno di Pilo e di Casaraccio	Map
FR9112025	France	Complexe lagunaire de Canet-Saint Nazaire	Map
PTCON0013	Portugal	Ria Formosa / Castro Marim	Map
ES6150004	Spain	Lagunas de Palos y Las Madres	Map
ITB013012	Italy	Stagno di Pilo, Casaraccio e Saline di Stintino	Map
ES0000451	Spain	Montdúver-Marjal de la Safor	Map
ES0000450	Spain	Marjal i Estanys d'Almenara	Map
ES0000438	Spain	Carrizales y sotos del Jarama y Tajo	Map
ES0000470	Spain	Marjal dels Moros (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000471	Spain	l'Albufera (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000467	Spain	Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca (ZEPA)	Map
ES6180017	Spain	Campiñas de Sevilla	Map
ES0000462	Spain	Clot de Galvany	Map
ES0000484	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000487	Spain	Marjal de Pego-Oliva (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000486	Spain	Salines de Santa Pola (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000485	Spain	Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja (ZEPA)	Map
ES5310125	Spain	Albufera de Mallorca	Map
ES0000537	Spain	Lagunas de Campotejar	Map
ES0000536	Spain	Lagunas de las Moreras	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Caimão-comum	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Calamón Común	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kék-fú	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Modrzyk	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pollo sultano	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Poule sultane	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Purperkoet	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Purple Gallinule	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Purpurhöna	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Purpurhuhn	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Slípka modrá	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sultanhøne	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Sulttaanikana	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Talève sultane	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:04270	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Porphyrio porphyrio	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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