Galapagos Rail Laterallus spilonota Scientific name definitions
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- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Evan Hill
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 18, 2013
Text last updated December 18, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rasclet de les Galápagos |
| Czech | chřástal galapážský |
| Dutch | Galapagosdwergral |
| English | Galapagos Rail |
| English (United States) | Galapagos Rail |
| French | Râle des Galapagos |
| French (France) | Râle des Galapagos |
| German | Galápagosralle |
| Icelandic | Músarrella |
| Japanese | ガラパゴスコビトクイナ |
| Norwegian | galapagosrikse |
| Polish | derkaczyk galapagoski |
| Russian | Галапагосский коростелёк |
| Serbian | Galapagoski barski petlić |
| Slovak | chriašteľ galapágsky |
| Spanish | Polluela de Galápagos |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Polluela de Galápagos |
| Spanish (Spain) | Polluela de Galápagos |
| Swedish | galápagosdvärgrall |
| Turkish | Galapagos Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Погонич галапагоський |
Laterallus spilonota (Gould, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Zapornia spilonota
Gould, 1841. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 pt15, p.132 pl.49.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ovalau, Fiji Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LATERALLUS
- spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
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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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