Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Pylstertrooibekkie |
Catalan | vídua reial |
Dutch | Koningswida |
English | Shaft-tailed Whydah |
English (United States) | Shaft-tailed Whydah |
French | Veuve royale |
French (France) | Veuve royale |
German | Königswitwe |
Icelandic | Kóngsekkja |
Japanese | ミカドスズメ |
Norwegian | spydhaleenke |
Polish | wdówka królewska |
Portuguese (Angola) | Viúva-seta |
Russian | Королевская вдовушка |
Serbian | Kraljevska udovica |
Slovak | vdovka kráľovská |
Spanish | Viuda Real |
Spanish (Spain) | Viuda real |
Swedish | vimpelstjärtad änka |
Turkish | Kalem Kuyruklu Vidya |
Ukrainian | Вдовичка королівська |
Vidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza regia
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.313.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa ; southern Angola suggested by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 810.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VIDUA
- vidua
- regia
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Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2010
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia), 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.shtwhy1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2010
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2010). Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia). 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.