White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Michael I. Evans, Frank Hawkins, J. William Duckworth, Guy M. Kirwan, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 13, 2015
Text last updated January 13, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | mesitornis cellut |
| Czech | mesit běloprsý |
| Dutch | Witborststeltral |
| English | White-breasted Mesite |
| English (United States) | White-breasted Mesite |
| French | Mésite variée |
| French (France) | Mésite variée |
| German | Weißbrust-Stelzenralle |
| Japanese | ムナジロクイナモドキ |
| Norwegian | brunvingemesitt |
| Polish | madagaskarnik plamisty |
| Russian | Белогрудый месит |
| Serbian | Belogrudi mezit |
| Slovak | mezita pestrá |
| Spanish | Mesito Pechiblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mesito pechiblanco |
| Swedish | vitbröstad mesit |
| Turkish | Ak Karınlı Mezit |
| Ukrainian | Роутело білогрудий |
Mesitornis variegatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Mesites variegata
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 6, p.444.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Madagascar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MESITORNIS
- variegatum / variegatus
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-breasted Mesite
