Kakapo Strigops habroptila Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar, Christopher J. Sharpe, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Kakapo |
| English | Kakapo |
| English (United States) | Kakapo |
| French | Strigops kakapo |
| French (French Guiana) | Strigops kakapo |
| German | Kakapo |
| Icelandic | Uglupáfi |
| Japanese | フクロウオウム |
| Norwegian | kakapo |
| Polish | kakapo |
| Russian | Какапо |
| Serbian | Kakapo |
| Slovak | kakapo sovovitý |
| Spanish | Kakapo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Kakapo |
| Swedish | kakapo |
| Turkish | Kakapu |
| Ukrainian | Какапо |
Strigops habroptila "Gray, GR", 1845
PROTONYM:
Strigops habroptilus
"Gray, GR", 1845. Genera of Birds 2, p.427 pl.CV.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'One of the islands in the South Pacific' = New Zealand, restricted to Dusky Sound, South Island by Mathews and Iredale, antea.
Definitions
- STRIGOPS
- habroptila / habroptilus
- Habroptila
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Kakapo