Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Scientific name definitions
- Names (51)
- Monotypic
Ray J. Pierce and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 8, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 8, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooipootelsie |
| Arabic | أبو المغازل |
| Armenian | Ոտնացուպիկ |
| Asturian | Cigüeñina común |
| Azerbaijani | Caydaq cüllüt |
| Basque | Zankaluzea |
| Bulgarian | Кокилобегач |
| Catalan | Camallarga comú |
| Chinese | 高蹺鴴 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑翅长脚鹬 |
| Croatian | Vlastelica |
| Czech | pisila čáponohá |
| Danish | Stylteløber |
| Dutch | Steltkluut |
| English (Australia) | Eurasian Black-winged Stilt |
| English (Kenya) | Black-winged Stilt |
| English (United States) | Black-winged Stilt |
| Finnish | pitkäjalka |
| French | Échasse blanche |
| Gallegan | Cegoñela común |
| German | Stelzenläufer |
| Greek | Καλαμοκανάς |
| Gujarati | ગજપાઉં |
| Hebrew | תמירון |
| Hindi | गजपांव |
| Hungarian | Gólyatöcs |
| Icelandic | Háleggur |
| Italian | Cavaliere d'Italia |
| Japanese | セイタカシギ |
| Korean | 장다리물떼새 |
| Latvian | Garstilbis |
| Lithuanian | Kojūkas |
| Malayalam | പവിഴക്കാലി |
| Marathi | शेकाट्या |
| Mongolian | Эгэл хилэн жигүүр |
| Norwegian | stylteløper |
| Persian | چوب پا |
| Polish | szczudłak |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pernilongo |
| Romanian | Piciorong |
| Russian | Ходулочник |
| Serbian | Vlastelica |
| Slovak | šišila bocianovitá |
| Slovenian | Polojnik |
| Spanish | Cigüeñuela Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cigüeñuela común |
| Swedish | styltlöpare |
| Telugu | నల్లరెక్కల ఉల్లంకి పిట్ట |
| Thai | นกตีนเทียน |
| Turkish | Uzunbacak |
| Ukrainian | Кулик-довгоніг |
Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Charadrius Himantopus
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. ed.10, p.151.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Southern Europe.
Definitions
- HIMANTOPUS
- himantopus
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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)
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