Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Grasvoël |
Catalan | herbera del Cap |
Dutch | Kaapse Grasvogel |
English | Cape Grassbird |
English (United States) | Cape Grassbird |
French | Sphénoèque du Cap |
French (France) | Sphénoèque du Cap |
German | Kap-Bülbülgrasmücke |
Icelandic | Grassöngvari |
Japanese | クサムシクイ |
Norwegian | stråsanger |
Polish | strzępochwostek |
Russian | Капская саванница |
Slovak | bylinár hrdzavý |
Spanish | Yerbera de El Cabo |
Spanish (Spain) | Yerbera de El Cabo |
Swedish | stråsångare |
Turkish | Kap Otlak Ötleğeni |
Ukrainian | Куцохвостик капський |
Sphenoeacus afer (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa afra
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.940.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SPHENOEACUS
- afer
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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)
Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer Scientific name definitions
David Pearson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
Authors
David Pearson
Recommended Citation
Pearson, D. (2020). Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer), 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.capgra1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 19, 2013
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
Authors
David Pearson
Recommended Citation
Pearson, D. (2013). Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer). 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.