Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Shawn M. Billerman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 20, 2012
Text last updated January 20, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | hoatzín |
| Czech | hoacin chocholatý |
| Dutch | Hoatzin |
| English | Hoatzin |
| English (United States) | Hoatzin |
| French | Hoazin huppé |
| French (France) | Hoazin huppé |
| German | Hoatzin |
| Icelandic | Sígaunafugl |
| Japanese | ツメバケイ |
| Norwegian | hoatzin |
| Polish | hoacyn |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cigana |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cigana |
| Russian | Гоацин |
| Serbian | Hoacin |
| Slovak | hoacin chochlatý |
| Spanish | Hoazín |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Hoatzín |
| Spanish (Peru) | Hoazín |
| Spanish (Spain) | Hoazín |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Chenchena |
| Swedish | hoatzin |
| Turkish | Hoatzin |
| Ukrainian | Гоацин |
Opisthocomus hoazin (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Phasianus Hoazin
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.125.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = Cayenne, ex Buffon and PL enlum., pi. 337.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OPISTHOCOMUS
- opisthocomus
- hoazin
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 Hoatzin
