Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o te Whio he Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus. He ingoa anō tō te manu nei i te reo Māori, arā, he Korowhio, ki ētahi atu he Whiorau kē. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i te reo Pākehā he Blue Duck, ki ētahi he Whistling Duck kē.