Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Boomvalk |
| Bulgarian | Африкански сокол орко |
| Catalan | falcó mostatxut africà |
| Croatian | kestenjastotrbi sokol |
| Czech | ostříž africký |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse boomvalk |
| English | African Hobby |
| English (AVI) | African Hobby |
| English (United States) | African Hobby |
| Estonian | aafrika lõopistrik |
| Finnish | afrikannuolihaukka |
| French | Faucon de Cuvier |
| French (Canada) | Faucon de Cuvier |
| German | Afrikabaumfalke |
| Icelandic | Vígfálki |
| Japanese | アフリカチゴハヤブサ |
| Norwegian | termittfalk |
| Polish | sokół afrykański |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Ógea-africana |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ógea-africano |
| Russian | Африканский чеглок |
| Serbian | Afrički lastavičar |
| Slovak | sokol hrdzavobruchý |
| Spanish | Alcotán Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alcotán africano |
| Swedish | afrikansk lärkfalk |
| Turkish | Afrika Delice Doğanı |
| Ukrainian | Підсоколик африканський |
| Zulu | uklebobomvu |
Falco cuvierii Smith, 1830
PROTONYM:
Falco Cuvierii
Smith, 1830. South African Quarterly Journal ser. 1, 1, pt. 4, p.392.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality = South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- cuvierii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
African Hobby Falco cuvierii Scientific name definitions
Alan C. Kemp and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 2, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 2, 2014
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Authors
Alan C. Kemp and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Kemp, A. C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). African Hobby (Falco cuvierii), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afrhob1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 2, 2014
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Authors
Alan C. Kemp and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Kemp, A. C. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). African Hobby (Falco cuvierii). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
