Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Gewone Kwikkie |
Bulgarian | Капска стърчиопашка |
Danish | Kapvipstjert |
Dutch | Kaapse Kwikstaart |
English | Cape Wagtail |
English (United States) | Cape Wagtail |
French | Bergeronnette du Cap |
French (France) | Bergeronnette du Cap |
German | Kapstelze |
Icelandic | Núperla |
Japanese | サメハクセキレイ |
Norwegian | askeerle |
Polish | pliszka obrożna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Alvéola do Cabo |
Russian | Капская трясогузка |
Serbian | Kapska pliska |
Slovak | trasochvost bielohrdlý |
Spanish | Lavandera de El Cabo |
Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera de El Cabo |
Swedish | kapärla |
Turkish | Kap Kuyruksallayanı |
Ukrainian | Плиска капська |
Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
Motacilla capensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.333.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MOTACILLA
- motacilla
- capense / capensis
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Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis Scientific name definitions
Stephanie Tyler
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
Authors
Stephanie Tyler
Recommended Citation
Tyler, S. (2020). Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis), 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.capwag1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 19, 2016
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
Authors
Stephanie Tyler
Recommended Citation
Tyler, S. (2016). Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis). 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.