Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | alció becganxut |
Czech | ledňáček hákozobý |
Dutch | Haaksnavelijsvogel |
English | Hook-billed Kingfisher |
English (United States) | Hook-billed Kingfisher |
French | Martin-chasseur d'Euphrosine |
French (France) | Martin-chasseur d'Euphrosine |
German | Hakenliest |
Indonesian | Raja-udang paruh-kait |
Japanese | カギハシショウビン |
Norwegian | kroknebbisfugl |
Polish | łuskogłów |
Russian | Крючкоклювый зимородок |
Serbian | Vodomar kukastog kljuna |
Slovak | kukabura hákozobá |
Spanish | Martín Cazador Ganchudo |
Spanish (Spain) | Martín cazador ganchudo |
Swedish | kroknäbbskungsfiskare |
Turkish | Kancalı Yalıçapkını |
Ukrainian | Альціон-гачкодзьоб |
Melidora macrorrhina (Lesson, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Dacelo macrorrhinus
Lesson, 1827. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 12 sect.2(Sci.Nat.Geol.), p.131.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Dorey Harbor, New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELIDORA
- macrorrhina / macrorrhinus
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Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina Scientific name definitions
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 6, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 6, 2016
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
Authors
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Hook-billed Kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina), 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.hobkin1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 6, 2016
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
Authors
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Hook-billed Kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina). 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.