Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | salangana vodopádová |
Dutch | Reuzensalangaan |
English | Waterfall Swift |
English (United States) | Waterfall Swift |
French | Salangane géante |
French (France) | Salangane géante |
German | Riesensalangane |
Indonesian | Walet raksasa |
Japanese | オニアナツバメ |
Norwegian | storsalangan |
Polish | salangana wielka |
Russian | Гигантская салангана |
Serbian | Čiopa sa vodopada |
Slovak | salangána vodopádová |
Spanish | Salangana Gigante |
Spanish (Spain) | Salangana gigante |
Swedish | jättesalangan |
Turkish | Büyük Yelyutan |
Ukrainian | Салангана велика |
Hydrochous gigas (Hartert & Butler, 1901)
PROTONYM:
Collocalia gigas
Hartert & Butler, 1901. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 11, p.65.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Selangor, Malay States.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROCHOUS
- gigas
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Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Waterfall Swift (Hydrochous gigas), 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.watswi1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 10, 2014
- Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2014). Waterfall Swift (Hydrochous gigas). 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.