Giant Coot Fulica gigantea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 18, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 18, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | lyska velká |
| Danish | Kæmpeblishøne |
| Dutch | Reuzenkoet |
| English | Giant Coot |
| English (United States) | Giant Coot |
| Finnish | punannokikana |
| French | Foulque géante |
| French (France) | Foulque géante |
| German | Riesenblässhuhn |
| Icelandic | Tröllhæna |
| Japanese | オニオオバン |
| Norwegian | kjempesothøne |
| Polish | łyska wielka |
| Russian | Гигантская лысуха |
| Serbian | Džinovska liska |
| Slovak | lyska veľká |
| Spanish | Focha Gigante |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gallareta Gigante |
| Spanish (Chile) | Tagua gigante |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gallareta Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Focha gigante |
| Swedish | jättesothöna |
| Turkish | Koca Meke |
| Ukrainian | Лиска гігантська |
Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841
PROTONYM:
Fulcia gigantea
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841. Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Tome premier 1, p.102,Atlas Ois. pl.8.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FULICA
- fulica
- gigantea / giganteus
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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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Giant Coot