Media not available
Samoan Moorhen Gallinula pacifica Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 5, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 5, 2016
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | slípka samojská |
| Dutch | Samoawaterhoen |
| English | Samoan Moorhen |
| English (United States) | Samoan Moorhen |
| French | Gallinule punaé |
| French (French Guiana) | Gallinule punaé |
| German | Samoateichhuhn |
| Japanese | サモアオグロバン |
| Norwegian | samoasivhøne |
| Polish | kokoszka żółtodzioba |
| Russian | Самоанская камышница |
| Serbian | Samoanska barska kokica (izumrla) |
| Slovak | sliepočka žltočelá |
| Spanish | Gallineta de Samoa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallineta de Samoa |
| Swedish | samoarörhöna |
| Turkish | Samoa Sutavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Курочка самоанська |
Gallinula pacifica (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871)
PROTONYM:
Pareudiastes pacificus
Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, p.25 pl.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Savaii, Samoan Islands.
Definitions
- GALLINULA
- gallinula
- pacifica
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)
Account navigation Account navigation
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Samoan Moorhen