Rüppell's Bustard Heterotetrax rueppelii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Nigel Collar
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Woestynkorhaan |
| Catalan | sisó de Rüppell |
| Czech | drop damarský |
| Dutch | Rüppelltrap |
| English | Rüppell's Bustard |
| English (South Africa) | Rüppell's Korhaan |
| English (United States) | Rüppell's Bustard |
| French | Outarde de Rüppell |
| French (France) | Outarde de Rüppell |
| German | Rüppelltrappe |
| Japanese | コノドグロショウノガン |
| Norwegian | namibtrappe |
| Polish | dropik namibijski |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abetarda de Rüppell |
| Russian | Намибийский корхан |
| Serbian | Ripelova droplja |
| Slovak | drop korhan |
| Spanish | Sisón de Damaraland |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sisón de Damaraland |
| Swedish | namibtrapp |
| Turkish | Rüppell Toyu |
| Ukrainian | Корхаан намібійський |
Revision Notes
Luca Bielski prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Heterotetrax rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856)
PROTONYM:
Otis Rüppelii
Wahlberg, 1856. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 13, p.174.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Damaraland, type from Onanis.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HETEROTETRAX
- rueppelii / rueppelli / rueppellii
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Rüppell's Bustard
