Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (4)
Alan E. Burger and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 8, 2015
Text last updated December 8, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinskedebek (-peddie) |
| Catalan | colom antàrtic becnegre |
| Czech | štítonos černozobý |
| Dutch | Klein IJshoen |
| English | Black-faced Sheathbill |
| English (South Africa) | Black-faced (Lesser) Sheathbill |
| English (United States) | Black-faced Sheathbill |
| French | Petit Chionis |
| French (France) | Petit Chionis |
| German | Schwarzgesicht-Scheidenschnabel |
| Icelandic | Mjallslíðri |
| Japanese | カオグロサヤハシチドリ |
| Norwegian | maskeslirenebb |
| Polish | pochwodziób czarnodzioby |
| Russian | Чернолицая белая ржанка |
| Serbian | Crnoliki kanijaš |
| Slovak | belák čiernozobý |
| Spanish | Picovaina de las Kerguelen |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picovaina de las Kerguelen |
| Swedish | svartnäbbad slidnäbb |
| Turkish | Kara Yüzlü Kıngaga |
| Ukrainian | Сніжниця чорнодзьоба |
| Zulu | umhloshana |
Chionis minor Hartlaub, 1841
PROTONYM:
Chionis minor
Hartlaub, 1841. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 4, p.5.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality = Kerguelen Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHIONIS
- chionis
- minor
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-faced Sheathbill
