Black Kite Milvus migrans Scientific name definitions
- Names (60)
- Subspecies (7)
Tim S. David, Jaume Orta, Jeffrey S. Marks, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published April 23, 2021
Revision Notes
Version: 1.1 — Published April 23, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swart/Geelbekwou |
| Albanian | Huta e zezë bishtgërshërë |
| Arabic | حدأة سوداء |
| Armenian | Սև ցին |
| Assamese | চিলনী |
| Asturian | Milán prietu |
| Azerbaijani | Qara çalağan |
| Basque | Miru beltza |
| Bulgarian | Черна каня |
| Catalan | Milà negre |
| Chinese | 黑鳶 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑鸢 |
| Croatian | crna lunja |
| Czech | luňák hnědý |
| Danish | Sort Glente |
| Dutch | Zwarte Wouw |
| English | Black Kite |
| English (Philippines) | Black Kite |
| English (South Africa) | Black/Yellow-billed Kite |
| English (United States) | Black Kite |
| Faroese | Svartgleða |
| Finnish | haarahaukka |
| French | Milan noir |
| French (French Guiana) | Milan noir |
| Galician | Miñato negro |
| German | Schwarzmilan |
| Greek | Τσίφτης |
| Gujarati | સમડી |
| Hebrew | דיה שחורה |
| Hindi | चील |
| Hungarian | Barna kánya |
| Icelandic | Vatnagleða |
| Indonesian | Elang paria |
| Italian | Nibbio bruno |
| Japanese | トビ |
| Korean | 솔개 |
| Latvian | Melnā klija |
| Lithuanian | Juodasis peslys |
| Malayalam | ചക്കിപ്പരുന്ത് |
| Marathi | घार |
| Mongolian | Сохор элээ |
| Norwegian | svartglente |
| Odia | ମାଟିଆ ଚିଲ |
| Persian | کورکور سیاه |
| Polish | kania czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Milhafre-preto-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | milhafre-preto |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Milhafre-preto |
| Romanian | Gaie neagră |
| Russian | Чёрный коршун |
| Serbian | Crna lunja |
| Slovak | haja tmavá |
| Slovenian | Črni škarnik |
| Spanish | Milano Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano negro |
| Swedish | brun glada/gulnäbbad glada |
| Telugu | నల్ల గ్రద్ద |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวดำ/เหยี่ยวหูดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка чорний |
Revision Notes
In this revision, Tim S. David revised the sections that comprise the Systematics page (Geographic Variation, Subspecies, Related Species, Nomenclature, and Fossil History).
Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Falco migrans
Boddaert, 1783. TablePlanchesEnlum., p.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality, France, apud Hartert, ex Daubenton, pi. 472.
Definitions
- MILVUS
- milvus
- migrans
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)
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