Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Hylonympha macrocerca Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Iris Heynen, Thomas Züchner, Eduardo de Juana, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2016
Text last updated September 1, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cua de tisora |
| Czech | kolibřík lesní |
| Dutch | Bosnimfkolibrie |
| English | Scissor-tailed Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Scissor-tailed Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri à queue en ciseaux |
| French (France) | Colibri à queue en ciseaux |
| German | Scherenschwanznymphe |
| Japanese | ハサミオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | saksekolibri |
| Polish | nożycosterek |
| Russian | Лесная нимфа |
| Serbian | Makazorepi kolibri |
| Slovak | medovec lesný |
| Spanish | Colibrí Tijereta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí tijereta |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Colibrí Tijereta |
| Swedish | saxstjärtskolibri |
| Turkish | Makas Kuyruklu Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-німфа лісовий |
Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873
PROTONYM:
Hylonympha macrocerca
Gould, 1873. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (4), 12, p.429.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Locality not known.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYLONYMPHA
- hylonympha
- macrocerca
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
