Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Dwerggans |
Catalan | oca menuda africana |
Czech | kachnička pestrá |
Danish | Afrikansk Dværgand |
Dutch | Afrikaanse Dwergeend |
English | African Pygmy-Goose |
English (Kenya) | African Pygmy Goose |
English (United States) | African Pygmy-Goose |
Finnish | afrikankääpiösorsa |
French | Anserelle naine |
French (France) | Anserelle naine |
German | Schmuckzwergente |
Greek | Αφρικανική Πυγμαία Χήνα |
Hebrew | אווזון גמדי אפריקני |
Icelandic | Kornönd |
Japanese | アフリカマメガン |
Norwegian | praktdvergand |
Polish | kaczuszka afrykańska |
Portuguese (Angola) | Gansinho-orelhudo |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-orelhudo |
Russian | Африканский блестящий чирок |
Serbian | Afrička patuljasta guska |
Slovak | kačôčka čiapočkatá |
Spanish | Gansito Africano |
Spanish (Spain) | Gansito africano |
Swedish | afrikansk dvärgand |
Turkish | Afrika Pamuk Ördeği |
Ukrainian | Чирянка-крихітка африканська |
Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Anas aurita
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.48.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Madagascar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NETTAPUS
- auritum / auritus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 21, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 21, 2014
Revision History
Birds of the World
-
Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). African Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus auritus), 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.afrpyg1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
-
Last Published Version
- December 21, 2014
- African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). African Pygmy-goose (Nettapus auritus). 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.