Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Albanian | Gjeli i ujit |
Arabic | مرعة ماء |
Armenian | Ջրահովվիկ |
Asturian | Rincha europea |
Azerbaijani | Su fərəsi |
Basque | Uroilanda handia |
Bulgarian | Крещалец |
Catalan | Rascló occidental |
Chinese | 西方秧雞 |
Chinese (SIM) | 西方秧鸡 |
Croatian | kokošica |
Czech | chřástal vodní |
Danish | Vandrikse |
Dutch | Waterral |
English | Water Rail |
English (United States) | Water Rail |
Faroese | Jarðarkona |
Finnish | luhtakana |
French | Râle d'eau |
French (France) | Râle d'eau |
Galician | Furamatos común |
German | Wasserralle |
Greek | Νεροκοτσέλα |
Hebrew | רלית המים |
Hungarian | Guvat |
Icelandic | Keldusvín |
Italian | Porciglione |
Japanese | ヨーロッパクイナ |
Korean | 회색가슴뜸부기 |
Latvian | Dumbrcālis |
Lithuanian | Ilgasnapė vištelė |
Mongolian | Усны түнжүүр |
Norwegian | vannrikse |
Persian | یلوه آبی |
Polish | wodnik |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Frango-d'água |
Romanian | Cârstel de baltă |
Russian | Водяной пастушок |
Serbian | Barski petlovan |
Slovak | chriašteľ vodný |
Slovenian | Mokož |
Spanish | Rascón Europeo |
Spanish (Spain) | Rascón europeo |
Swedish | vattenrall |
Turkish | Sukılavuzu |
Ukrainian | Пастушок водяний |
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Rallus aquaticus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.153.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality. Great Britain.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RALLUS
- aquatica / aquaticus
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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)
SPECIES
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Scientific name definitions
Barry Taylor and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 23, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 23, 2014
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Authors
Barry Taylor and David Christie
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. and D. A. Christie (2020). Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), 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.watrai1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 23, 2014
- Western Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Authors
Barry Taylor and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. and D. A. Christie (2014). Western Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus). 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.