Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Слънчева чапла |
| Catalan | ocell sol |
| Czech | slunatec nádherný |
| Dutch | Zonneral |
| English | Sunbittern |
| English (United States) | Sunbittern |
| French | Caurale soleil |
| French (France) | Caurale soleil |
| German | Sonnenralle |
| Japanese | ジャノメドリ |
| Norwegian | solrikse |
| Polish | słonecznica |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Russian | Солнечная цапля |
| Serbian | Sunčana čaplja |
| Slovak | pachriašteľ nádherný |
| Spanish | Tigana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garceta Sol |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pájaro Sol |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ave Sol |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tigana |
| Swedish | solrall |
| Turkish | Balabanyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Тігана |
Eurypyga helias (Pallas, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Ardea helias
Pallas, 1781. Neue Nordische Beyträge 2, p.48 pl.3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Surinam.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EURYPYGA
- helias
- Helias
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)
Sunbittern Eurypyga helias Scientific name definitions
Sarah A. MacLean
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 1, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 1, 2010
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
Authors
Sarah A. MacLean
Recommended Citation
MacLean, S. A. (2020). Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), 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.sunbit1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- July 1, 2010
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
Authors
Sarah A. MacLean
Revisors
Sarah A. MacLean
Recommended Citation
MacLean, S. A. (2010). Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.sunbit1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 21, 2018
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
Authors
Betsy T. Thomas and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Thomas, B.T. and G. M. Kirwan (2018). Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias). 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.
