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title: "Modrzyk siwogłowy"
description: "Porphyrio poliocephalus — Ptaki. The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gray-headed-swamphen
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Modrzyk siwogłowy

> Porphyrio poliocephalus — Ptaki. The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.

- Scientific name: *Porphyrio poliocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 11607
- Wikidata: [Q13173082](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13173082)
- iNaturalist taxon: [474332](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/474332)

## Names

- en: Gray-headed Swamphen
- de: Graukopfpurpurhuhn
- es: Calamón de cabeza gris
- fr: Talève à tête grise
- it: Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
- nl: Grijskoppurperkoet
- pl: Modrzyk siwogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4907), US (3078), TH (683), LK (678), VN (326), MY (218), RU (216), CN (177), AE (96), NP (43), HK (41), TR (36)

## Summary

The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six subspecies groups are designated full species.
It is a large greyish-blue to greyish-purple wetland bird 43 cm long with a pale grey head, and a stout red bill. The wings are greenish, and the legs red. It occurs in marshes and jheels.
The male has an elaborate…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_swamphen

## Photo

![Modrzyk siwogłowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-headed-swamphen/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146497888

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-headed-swamphen?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).