Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Самоански медояд |
| Catalan | menjamel mao |
| Croatian | samoanski medojed |
| Dutch | Samoahoningeter |
| English | Mao |
| English (AVI) | Mao |
| English (United States) | Mao |
| Finnish | samoansammalmesikko |
| French | Méliphage mao |
| French (Canada) | Méliphage mao |
| German | Maohonigfresser |
| Japanese | ハシグロオオミツスイ |
| Norwegian | maohonningeter |
| Polish | atolowiec czarny |
| Russian | Самоанский мао |
| Serbian | Samoanski džinovski medojed |
| Slovak | medárik mao |
| Spanish | Mielero Mao |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero mao |
| Swedish | samoahonungsfågel |
| Turkish | Mao Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Мао самоанський |
Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Merops samoensis
Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie (2), 16, p.314.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Samoa Islands ; restricted to Upolu Island by Mayr, 1932, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 516, p. 2.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- Gymnomyza
- samoensis
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Mao Gymnomyza samoensis Scientific name definitions
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Mao Gymnomyza samoensis
Authors
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Recommended Citation
Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. Ford (2020). Mao (Gymnomyza samoensis), 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.mao1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 29, 2016
- Mao Gymnomyza samoensis
Authors
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Recommended Citation
Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. Ford (2016). Mao (Gymnomyza samoensis). 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.
