Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Chinese (SIM) | 褐背针尾雨燕 |
Czech | rorýs hnědohřbetý |
Dutch | Reuzenstekelstaartgierzwaluw |
English | Brown-backed Needletail |
English (United States) | Brown-backed Needletail |
French | Martinet géant |
French (France) | Martinet géant |
German | Eilsegler |
Icelandic | Broddsvölungur |
Indonesian | Kapinis-jarum gedang |
Japanese | オオハリオアマツバメ |
Malayalam | വലിയ മുൾവാലൻ ശരപ്പക്ഷി |
Norwegian | brunryggseiler |
Polish | igłosternik wielki |
Russian | Большой колючехвост |
Serbian | Smeđoleđa iglorepa čiopa |
Slovak | srp veľký |
Spanish | Vencejo Gigante |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo gigante |
Swedish | brunryggig taggstjärtseglare |
Thai | นกแอ่นใหญ่หัวตาขาว |
Turkish | Büyük İğnekuyruk |
Ukrainian | Колючохвіст великий |
Hirundapus giganteus (Temminck, 1825)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus giganteus
Temminck, 1825. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.61, pl.364.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bantam, Java.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HIRUNDAPUS
- gigantea / giganteus
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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)
SPECIES
Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus), 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.brbnee1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 21, 2017
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus). 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.