Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | perdiu d'esperons de Sri Lanka |
| Czech | kur dvouostruhý |
| Dutch | Ceylondwergfazant |
| English | Sri Lanka Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Sri Lanka Spurfowl |
| French | Galloperdrix de Ceylan |
| French (France) | Galloperdrix de Ceylan |
| German | Ceylonspornhuhn |
| Japanese | セイロンケズメシャコ |
| Norwegian | dråpesporehøne |
| Polish | kuropatwiak cejloński |
| Russian | Цейлонская шпорцевая курица |
| Serbian | Mala kokoš sa Šri Lanke |
| Slovak | bažantík perlavý |
| Spanish | Faisancillo de Ceilán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Faisancillo de Ceilán |
| Swedish | ceylonsporrhöna |
| Turkish | Benekli Horoz Kekliği |
| Ukrainian | Куріпка-шпороніг цейлонська |
Galloperdix bicalcarata (Forster, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Perdix bicalcarata
Forster, 1781. Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.), p.25 pl.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLOPERDIX
- bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
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)
Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 15, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 15, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), 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.ceyspu1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 15, 2017
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2017). Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata). 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.
