Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Witkopsaagvlerkswael |
Dutch | Witkopkamzwaluw |
English | White-headed Sawwing |
English (Kenya) | White-headed Saw-wing |
English (South Africa) | White-headed Saw-wing |
English (United States) | White-headed Sawwing |
French | Hirondelle à tête blanche |
French (France) | Hirondelle à tête blanche |
German | Weißkopfschwalbe |
Japanese | シロガシラクロツバメ |
Norwegian | hvithodesagsvale |
Polish | żałobniczka białogłowa |
Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinha-preta-de-cabeça-branca |
Russian | Белоголовая ласточка |
Serbian | Beloglava lasta testerastog krila |
Slovak | lastovička bielohlavá |
Spanish | Golondrina Cabeciblanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina cabeciblanca |
Swedish | vithuvad svala |
Turkish | Ak Başlı Kırlangıç |
Ukrainian | Жалібничка білоголова |
Psalidoprocne albiceps Sclater, 1864
PROTONYM:
Psalidoprocne albiceps
Sclater, 1864. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, Part 1, p. 108 pl.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Uzinza, Tabora district, Tanganyika Territory.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PSALIDOPROCNE
- albiceps
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White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps Scientific name definitions
Angela Turner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 13, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 13, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps
Authors
Angela Turner
Recommended Citation
Turner, A. (2020). White-headed Sawwing (Psalidoprocne 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.whhsaw1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 13, 2016
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
Authors
Angela Turner
Recommended Citation
Turner, A. (2016). White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne 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.