Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | falciot cuaespinós porpra |
Chinese | 紫針尾雨燕 |
Chinese (SIM) | 紫针尾雨燕 |
Czech | rorýs fialovohřbetý |
Dutch | Zwarte Stekelstaartgierzwaluw |
English | Purple Needletail |
English (United States) | Purple Needletail |
French | Martinet des Célèbes |
French (France) | Martinet des Célèbes |
German | Purpursegler |
Indonesian | Kapinis-jarum ungu |
Japanese | セレベスハリオアマツバメ |
Norwegian | glansseiler |
Polish | igłosternik czarnogardły |
Russian | Пурпурный колючехвост |
Serbian | Ljubičasta iglorepa čiopa |
Slovak | srp purpurový |
Spanish | Vencejo de Célebes |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo de Célebes |
Swedish | purpurtaggstjärtseglare |
Turkish | Mor İğnekuyruk |
Ukrainian | Колючохвіст пурпуровий |
Hirundapus celebensis (Sclater, 1866)
PROTONYM:
Chaetura gigantea var. celebensis
Sclater, 1866. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865, Part 3, p.608.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Menado, Celebes.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HIRUNDAPUS
- celebense / celebensis
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TL: type locality
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