Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (20)
- 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
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 22, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | luněc černoramenný |
Dutch | Letterwouw |
English | Letter-winged Kite |
English (United States) | Letter-winged Kite |
Finnish | yöliitohaukka |
French | Élanion lettré |
French (French Guiana) | 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.
Definitions
- ELANUS
- elanus
- scriptus
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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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