Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sri Lankawoudhoender |
| Bulgarian | Цейлонска кокошка |
| Catalan | gall de Sri Lanka |
| Croatian | cejlonska kokoš |
| Czech | kur srílanský |
| Dutch | Ceylonhoen |
| English | Sri Lanka Junglefowl |
| English (AVI) | Sri Lanka Junglefowl |
| English (United States) | Sri Lanka Junglefowl |
| Estonian | tseiloni džunglikana |
| Finnish | srilankanviidakkokana |
| French | Coq de Lafayette |
| French (Canada) | Coq de Lafayette |
| German | Ceylonhuhn |
| Icelandic | Seylonhænsn |
| Japanese | セイロンヤケイ |
| Norwegian | flammehane |
| Polish | kur cejloński |
| Russian | Цейлонский петух |
| Serbian | Cejlonska divlja kokoš |
| Slovak | kura džungľová |
| Spanish | Gallo de Ceilán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallo de Sri Lanka |
| Swedish | ceylondjungelhöna |
| Turkish | Çizgili Yaban Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Курка цейлонська |
Gallus lafayettii Lesson, 1831
PROTONYM:
Gallus Lafayetii
Lesson, 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.7, p.491.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- GALLUS
- gallus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 31, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 31, 2015
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Sri Lanka Junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), 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.ceyjun1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 31, 2015
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2015). Sri Lanka Junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii). 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.
