Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus Scientific name definitions
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- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Anand Krishnan
Version: 2.0 — Published May 28, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | camperol cuaample |
| Dutch | Breedstaartzanger |
| English | Broad-tailed Grassbird |
| English (South Africa) | Indian Broad-tailed Grassbird |
| English (United States) | Broad-tailed Grassbird |
| French | Mégalure à queue large |
| French (France) | Mégalure à queue large |
| German | Rundschwanzsänger |
| Japanese | フトオセッカ |
| Malayalam | പോതക്കിളി |
| Norwegian | bredhalesanger |
| Polish | pokrzewik szerokosterny |
| Russian | Малабарская долгохвостка |
| Serbian | Širokorepi afrički cvrčić |
| Slovak | svrkavec širokochvostý |
| Spanish | Yerbera Coliancha |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yerbera coliancha |
| Swedish | indisk gräsfågel |
| Turkish | Geniş Kuyruklu Otlak Ötleğeni |
| Ukrainian | Широкохвіст азійський |
Revision Notes
In this revision, Anand Krishnan revised the text. This work was done as part of a collaboration with BCI. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Schoenicola platyurus (Jerdon, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Thimalia platyura
Jerdon, 1841. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 13(1), p.170.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Goodaloor, foot of the Neilgherries (= Nilgiris).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SCHOENICOLA
- platyurus
- Platyurus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
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†: 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)
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