Karoo Bustard Heterotetrax vigorsii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Guy M. Kirwan, Nigel Collar, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 2.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Vaalkorhaan |
| Catalan | sisó del Karoo |
| Czech | drop šedokrký |
| Dutch | Zwartkintrap |
| English | Karoo Bustard |
| English (South Africa) | Karoo Korhaan |
| English (United States) | Karoo Bustard |
| French | Outarde de Vigors |
| French (France) | Outarde de Vigors |
| German | Knarrtrappe |
| Japanese | ノドグロショウノガン |
| Norwegian | karootrappe |
| Polish | dropik szaroszyi |
| Russian | Черногорлый корхан |
| Serbian | Droplja iz Karua |
| Slovak | drop sivokrký |
| Spanish | Sisón del Karoo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sisón del Karoo |
| Swedish | karrootrapp |
| Turkish | Karu Toyu |
| Ukrainian | Корхаан чорногорлий |
| Zulu | isemelimpunga |
Revision Notes
Luca Bielski prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Heterotetrax vigorsii (Smith, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Otis Vigorsii
Smith, 1831. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London part 1 (no. 1), p.11.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HETEROTETRAX
- vigorsii
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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)
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Distribution of the Karoo Bustard
