Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Argusfisant |
Catalan | argus comú |
Czech | argus okatý |
Dutch | Argusfazant |
English | Great Argus |
English (United States) | Great Argus |
Finnish | argusfasaani |
French | Argus géant |
French (France) | Argus géant |
German | Argusfasan |
Icelandic | Argushani |
Indonesian | Kuau raja |
Japanese | セイラン |
Norwegian | argusfasan |
Polish | argus malajski |
Russian | Аргус |
Serbian | Argus fazan |
Slovak | argus páví |
Slovenian | Fazan argus |
Spanish | Argos Real |
Spanish (Spain) | Argos real |
Swedish | större argusfasan |
Thai | นกหว้า |
Turkish | Büyük Argus |
Ukrainian | Аргус великий |
Argusianus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Phasianus Argus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.272.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Tartaria Chinensi,' error = Sumatra.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARGUSIANUS
- argus
- Argus
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Great Argus Argusianus argus Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2015
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Great Argus (Argusianus argus), 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.grearg1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 16, 2015
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Great Argus (Argusianus argus). 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.