Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Witkopkiewiet |
Czech | čejka laločnatá |
Dutch | Witkruinkievit |
English | White-crowned Lapwing |
English (United States) | White-crowned Lapwing |
French | Vanneau à tête blanche |
French (France) | Vanneau à tête blanche |
German | Weißscheitelkiebitz |
Greek | Λευκοκέφαλη Καλημάνα |
Japanese | シロガシラトサカゲリ |
Norwegian | hvitkronevipe |
Polish | czajka białołbista |
Portuguese (Angola) | Abibe-de-coroa-branca |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Barbilhão-de-gola-branca |
Russian | Белоголовый чибис |
Serbian | Belokrili resasti vivak |
Slovak | cíbik bielohlavý |
Spanish | Avefría Coroniblanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Avefría coroniblanca |
Swedish | vitkronad vipa |
Turkish | Ak Tepeli Kızkuşu |
Ukrainian | Чайка вусата |
Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834
PROTONYM:
Vanellus albiceps
Gould, 1834. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 2, no.18, p. 45.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Niger River or Fernando Po. A specimen from Fernando Po is claimed as the type of the species in Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 24, p. 147.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VANELLUS
- vanellus
- albiceps
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White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps Scientific name definitions
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
Authors
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Wiersma, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps), 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.whhlap1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 19, 2015
- White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
Authors
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Wiersma, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps). 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.