Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootskedebek (-peddie) |
| Catalan | colom antàrtic becgroc |
| Czech | štítonos světlezobý |
| Dutch | Zuidpoolkip |
| English | Snowy Sheathbill |
| English (South Africa) | Snowy (Greater) Sheathbill |
| English (United States) | Snowy Sheathbill |
| French | Chionis blanc |
| French (France) | Chionis blanc |
| German | Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel |
| Icelandic | Snæslíðri |
| Japanese | サヤハシチドリ |
| Norwegian | antarktisslirenebb |
| Polish | pochwodziób żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pomba-antártica |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pomba-antárctica |
| Russian | Белая ржанка |
| Serbian | Snežni kanijaš |
| Slovak | belák snežný |
| Slovenian | Veliki kritokljun |
| Spanish | Picovaina de las Malvinas |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Paloma-Antártica |
| Spanish (Chile) | Paloma antártica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picovaina de las Malvinas |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Paloma Antártica |
| Swedish | gulnäbbad slidnäbb |
| Turkish | Ak Kıngaga |
| Ukrainian | Сніжниця жовтодзьоба |
Chionis albus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Vaginalis alba
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.705.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Zealand, error, Falkland Islands substituted by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. S. Am., 1912, p. 36.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHIONIS
- chionis
- albus
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)
Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus Scientific name definitions
Emerson D. Fang
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 30, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 30, 2010
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
Authors
Emerson D. Fang
Recommended Citation
Fang, E. D. (2020). Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.snoshe2.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- September 30, 2010
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
Authors
Emerson D. Fang
Revisors
Emerson D. Fang
Recommended Citation
Fang, E. D. (2010). Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.snoshe2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 8, 2015
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
Authors
Alan E. Burger and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Burger, A. E. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus). 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.
