Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 22, 2014
Text last updated February 22, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elani marcat |
| Czech | luněc černoramenný |
| Dutch | Letterwouw |
| English | Letter-winged Kite |
| English (United States) | Letter-winged Kite |
| Finnish | yöliitohaukka |
| French | Élanion lettré |
| French (France) | Élanion lettré |
| German | Schwarzachselaar |
| Icelandic | Stafgleða |
| Japanese | クロオビトビ |
| Norwegian | skriftglente |
| Polish | kaniuk stepowy |
| Russian | Чернополосый коршун |
| Serbian | Noćna lunja |
| Slovak | luniak popolavý |
| Spanish | Elanio Escrito |
| Spanish (Spain) | Elanio escrito |
| Swedish | nattglada |
| Turkish | Şeritli Ak Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка чорнокрилий |
Elanus scriptus Gould, 1842
PROTONYM:
Elanus scriptus
Gould, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, 0 no.113, p.80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Australia = Cooper's Creek, fide Mathews, 1927, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 259.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELANUS
- elanus
- scriptus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Letter-winged Kite
