Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | becadell imperial |
| Czech | bekasina královská |
| Danish | Kejserbekkasin |
| Dutch | Keizersnip |
| English | Imperial Snipe |
| English (United States) | Imperial Snipe |
| French | Bécassine impériale |
| French (France) | Bécassine impériale |
| German | Kaiserbekassine |
| Japanese | セジマタシギ |
| Norwegian | keiserbekkasin |
| Polish | bekas kasztanowaty |
| Russian | Королевский бекас |
| Slovak | močiarnica kráľovská |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Imperial |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Becasina Imperial |
| Spanish (Peru) | Becasina Imperial |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza imperial |
| Swedish | kejsarbeckasin |
| Turkish | Kral Çulluk |
| Ukrainian | Баранець королівський |
Gallinago imperialis Sclater & Salvin, 1869
PROTONYM:
Gallinago imperialis
Sclater & Salvin, 1869. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, Part 2, p.419.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bogota, Colombia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- imperialis
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Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis Scientific name definitions
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis), 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.impsni1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 25, 2017
- Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2017). Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis). 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.
