Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Kortstertflap |
Catalan | bisbe cua de ventall |
Dutch | Roodschouderwidavink |
English | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
English (United States) | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
French | Euplecte à épaules orangées |
French (France) | Euplecte à épaules orangées |
German | Stummelweber |
Icelandic | Blævefari |
Japanese | アカガタホウオウ |
Norwegian | rødvingevever |
Polish | wikłacz wachlarzowaty |
Portuguese (Angola) | Viúva-de-espáduas-vermelhas |
Russian | Красноплечий ткачик |
Serbian | Crvenoramena vida |
Slovak | tkáčik vejárochvostý |
Spanish | Obispo de Abanico |
Spanish (Spain) | Obispo de abanico |
Swedish | kortstjärtad vidafink |
Turkish | Turuncu Omuzlu Dulkuşu |
Ukrainian | Вайдаг червоноплечий |
Euplectes axillaris (Smith, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Vidua axillaris
Smith, 1838. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt. 4, pl.A17.
TYPE LOCALITY:
between seven and eight hundred miles to the eastward of Cape Town'.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EUPLECTES
- axillaris
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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris Scientific name definitions
Adrian J. F. Craig
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 17, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 17, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. (2020). Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris), 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.fatwid1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- June 17, 2013
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. (2013). Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris). 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.