Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Monotypic
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 20, 2015
Text last updated December 20, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Spoorvlerkkiewiet |
| Arabic | قطقاط اشوك |
| Armenian | Բտիկաթև կիվիվ |
| Azerbaijani | Tikanqanadlı çökükburun |
| Bulgarian | Шипокрила калугерица |
| Catalan | fredeluga d'esperons |
| Croatian | ostrugasti vivak |
| Czech | čejka trnitá |
| Danish | Sporevibe |
| Dutch | Sporenkievit |
| English | Spur-winged Lapwing |
| English (Kenya) | Spur-winged Plover |
| English (New Zealand) | African Spur-winged Lapwing |
| English (United States) | Spur-winged Lapwing |
| Finnish | kynsihyyppä |
| French | Vanneau à éperons |
| French (France) | Vanneau à éperons |
| German | Spornkiebitz |
| Greek | Αγκαθοκαλημάνα |
| Hebrew | סיקסק |
| Hungarian | Tüskés bíbic |
| Icelandic | Broddvepja |
| Italian | Pavoncella armata |
| Japanese | ツメバゲリ |
| Lithuanian | Pentinuotoji pempė |
| Norwegian | sporevipe |
| Persian | خروس کولی سینه سیاه |
| Polish | czajka szponiasta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tui-tui-ferrão |
| Romanian | Nagâț sudic |
| Russian | Шпорцевый чибис |
| Serbian | Vivak ostrugaš |
| Slovak | cíbik tŕňokrídly |
| Slovenian | Ostrogasta priba |
| Spanish | Avefría Espinosa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avefría espinosa |
| Swedish | sporrvipa |
| Turkish | Mahmuzlu Kızkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Чайка шпорова |
| Zulu | ititihoyelimzwezwe |
Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Charadrius spinosus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.151.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VANELLUS
- vanellus
- spinosa / spinosus
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 Spur-winged Lapwing
