Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
H. Douglas Pratt and I. Lehr Brisbin Jr.
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | lyska havajská |
| Danish | Hawaiiblishøne |
| Dutch | Hawaiimeerkoet |
| English | Hawaiian Coot |
| English (HAW) | ʻAlae keʻokeʻo - Hawaiian Coot |
| English (United States) | Hawaiian Coot |
| French | Foulque des Hawaï |
| French (French Guiana) | Foulque des Hawaï |
| German | Hawaiiblässhuhn |
| Japanese | ハワイオオバン |
| Norwegian | hawaiisothøne |
| Polish | łyska hawajska |
| Russian | Гавайская лысуха |
| Serbian | Havajska liska |
| Slovak | lyska bridlicová |
| Spanish | Focha Hawaiana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Focha hawaiana |
| Swedish | hawaiisothöna |
| Turkish | Hawaii Mekesi |
| Ukrainian | Алаї |
Fulica alai Peale, 1849
PROTONYM:
Fulica alai
Peale, 1849. U. S. Expl. Exped. 8, p.224.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Hawaiian Islands.
Definitions
- FULICA
- fulica
- alai
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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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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Hawaiian Coot.