Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (15)
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 21, 2012
Text last updated December 21, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | alció bec de cigonya |
| Chinese (SIM) | 鹳嘴翡翠 |
| Czech | ledňáček čápozobý |
| Dutch | Ooievaarsbekijsvogel |
| English | Stork-billed Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Stork-billed Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur gurial |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur gurial |
| German | Storchschnabelliest |
| Indonesian | Pekaka emas |
| Japanese | コウハシショウビン |
| Malayalam | കാക്കമീൻകൊത്തി |
| Norwegian | storkenebbisfugl |
| Polish | łowiec niebieskoskrzydły |
| Russian | Аистоклювый гуриал |
| Slovak | rybárikovec gurial |
| Spanish | Alción Picocigüeña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción picocigüeña |
| Swedish | storknäbbskungsfiskare |
| Thai | นกกระเต็นใหญ่ธรรมดา |
| Turkish | Leylek Gagalı Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Гуріал смарагдовокрилий |
Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Alcedo capensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.180.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope, error = Java.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELARGOPSIS
- capense / capensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Stork-billed Kingfisher
