Alexander's Swift Apus alexandri Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 10, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 10, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | rorýs kapverdský |
Danish | Kap Verde-sejler |
Dutch | Kaapverdische Gierzwaluw |
English | Alexander's Swift |
English (United States) | Alexander's Swift |
French | Martinet du Cap-Vert |
French (French Guiana) | Martinet du Cap-Vert |
German | Kapverdensegler |
Icelandic | Eysvölungur |
Japanese | ケープベルデアマツバメ |
Norwegian | kappverdeseiler |
Polish | jerzyk wyspowy |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-de-cabo-verde |
Russian | Кабовердский стриж |
Slovak | dážďovník sedlatý |
Slovenian | Zelenortski hudournik |
Spanish | Vencejo de Cabo Verde |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo de Cabo Verde |
Swedish | kapverdeseglare |
Turkish | Kap Verd Ebabili |
Ukrainian | Серпокрилець острівний |
Apus alexandri "Hartert, E", 1901
PROTONYM:
Apus unicolor alexandri
"Hartert, E", 1901. Novitates Zoologicae 8, p.328.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sao Nicolao, Cape Verde Islands.
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- alexandri / alexandrii
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
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