Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wildemakou |
| Croatian | ostrugasta guska |
| Czech | pižmovka ostruhatá |
| Danish | Sporegås |
| Dutch | Spoorwiekgans |
| English | Spur-winged Goose |
| English (United States) | Spur-winged Goose |
| Finnish | kynsihanhi |
| French | Oie-armée de Gambie |
| French (French Guiana) | Oie-armée de Gambie |
| German | Sporngans |
| Greek | Σπιρουνόφτερη Χήνα |
| Hebrew | אווז שחור |
| Hungarian | Tücskésszárnyú lúd |
| Icelandic | Sporönd |
| Japanese | ツメバガン |
| Lithuanian | Pentinuotoji žąsis |
| Norwegian | sporegås |
| Polish | gęsiec |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Ganso-de-asa-esporada |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-ferrão |
| Romanian | Gâscă de Gambia |
| Russian | Шпорцевый гусь |
| Serbian | Ostrugasta guska |
| Slovak | ostrožiarka lesklá |
| Slovenian | Ostrožka |
| Spanish | Ganso Espolonado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganso espolonado |
| Swedish | sporrgås |
| Turkish | Mahmuzlu Kaz |
| Ukrainian | Шпорокрил |
Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Anas gambensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Gambia.
Definitions
- PLECTROPTERUS
- gambensis
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Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis), 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.spwgoo1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 23, 2013
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2013). Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis). 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.