Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | milà capgrís |
Czech | leptodon šedohlavý |
Dutch | Grijskopwouw |
English | Gray-headed Kite |
English (United States) | Gray-headed Kite |
Finnish | jokihaukka |
French | Bec-en-croc de Cayenne |
French (France) | Bec-en-croc de Cayenne |
German | Cayenneweih |
Icelandic | Óðalsgleða |
Japanese | ハイガシラトビ |
Norwegian | gråhodeglente |
Polish | leptodon szarogłowy |
Portuguese (Brazil) | gavião-gato |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Gavião-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
Russian | Кайеннский коршун |
Serbian | Sivoglava lunja |
Slovak | luň menlivý |
Spanish | Milano Cabecigrís |
Spanish (Argentina) | Milano Cabeza Gris |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gavilán Cabecigrís |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Elanio Cabecigrís |
Spanish (Honduras) | Milano Cabeza Gris |
Spanish (Mexico) | Gavilán Cabeza Gris |
Spanish (Panama) | Elanio Cabecigrís |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Milano cabeza gris |
Spanish (Peru) | Elanio de Cabeza Gris |
Spanish (Spain) | Milano cabecigrís |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Gavilán Palomero |
Swedish | gråhuvad glada |
Turkish | Gri Başlı Çaylak |
Ukrainian | Шуляк каєнський |
Leptodon cayanensis (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Falco cayanensis
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LEPTODON
- cayana / cayanensis / cayanna / cayanus
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Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Scientific name definitions
Richard O. Bierregaard and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 29, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 29, 2015
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
Authors
Richard O. Bierregaard and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Bierregaard, R. O. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis), 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.grhkit1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 29, 2015
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
Authors
Richard O. Bierregaard and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Bierregaard, R. O. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis). 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.