Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Monotypic
C. T. Callaghan, Daniel M. Brooks, and Peter Pyle
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kolgans |
| Albanian | Pata egjiptiane |
| Arabic | اوزة مصرية |
| Asturian | Gansu exipcianu |
| Basque | Antzara egiptoarra |
| Bulgarian | Египетска гъска |
| Catalan | oca d'Egipte |
| Chinese | 埃及雁 |
| Croatian | egipatska guska |
| Czech | husice nilská |
| Danish | Nilgås |
| Dutch | Nijlgans |
| English | Egyptian Goose |
| English (United States) | Egyptian Goose |
| Finnish | afrikanhanhi |
| French | Ouette d'Égypte |
| French (France) | Ouette d'Égypte |
| Galician | Ganso de Exipto |
| German | Nilgans |
| Greek | Αλωπόχηνα |
| Hebrew | יאורית |
| Hungarian | Nílusi lúd |
| Icelandic | Nílarönd |
| Italian | Oca egiziana |
| Japanese | エジプトガン |
| Lithuanian | Egiptinė žąsis |
| Norwegian | niland |
| Polish | gęsiówka egipska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Ganso do Egipto |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-do-egipto |
| Romanian | Gâscă egipteană |
| Russian | Нильский гусь |
| Serbian | Nilska guska |
| Slovak | húska štíhla |
| Slovenian | Nilska gos |
| Spanish | Ganso del Nilo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Egipcio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganso del Nilo |
| Swedish | nilgås |
| Turkish | Nil Kazı |
| Ukrainian | Каргарка нільська |
Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Anas aegyptiaca
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.197.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALOPOCHEN
- aegyptiaca / aegyptiacus / aegypticus
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Egyptian Goose
