Piapiac Ptilostomus afer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Steve Madge
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 30, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 30, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | straka ostroocasá |
| Dutch | Piapiac |
| English | Piapiac |
| English (United States) | Piapiac |
| French | Piapiac africain |
| French (French Guiana) | Piapiac africain |
| German | Spitzschwanzelster |
| Icelandic | Pjáka |
| Japanese | アフリカサンジャク |
| Norwegian | svartskjære |
| Polish | kruczek |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pêga-africana |
| Russian | Африканская сорока |
| Serbian | Pjapjak |
| Slovak | piapia dobytčia |
| Spanish | Piapiac |
| Spanish (Spain) | Piapiac |
| Swedish | piapiak |
| Turkish | Piapiak Kargası |
| Ukrainian | Піакпіак |
Ptilostomus afer (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Corvus afer
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p.157.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
Definitions
- PTILOSTOMUS
- afer
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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Piapiac