Magellanic Cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 1, 2014
Text last updated May 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | corb marí de Magallanes |
| Czech | kormorán skalní |
| Dutch | Magelhaenaalscholver |
| English | Magellanic Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Magellanic Cormorant |
| Finnish | patagonianmerimetso |
| French | Cormoran de Magellan |
| French (France) | Cormoran de Magellan |
| German | Felsenscharbe |
| Icelandic | Klettaskarfur |
| Japanese | クロクビムナジロヒメウ |
| Norwegian | magellanskarv |
| Polish | kormoran skalny |
| Russian | Магелланов баклан |
| Serbian | Magelanov vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán skalný |
| Slovenian | Skalni vranjek |
| Spanish | Cormorán Magallánico |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cormorán Cuello Negro |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cormorán de las rocas |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán magallánico |
| Swedish | magellanskarv |
| Turkish | Macellan Karabatağı |
| Ukrainian | Баклан магеланський |
Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus magellanicus
Gmelin, JF, 1789. Syst.Nat. 1 pt2, p.576.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHALACROCORAX
- phalacrocorax
- magellani / magellanica / magellanicus
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 Magellanic Cormorant
