Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 17, 2015
Text last updated December 17, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | fredeluga d'Etiòpia |
| Czech | čejka etiopská |
| Dutch | Ethiopische Kievit |
| English | Spot-breasted Lapwing |
| English (United States) | Spot-breasted Lapwing |
| French | Vanneau d'Abyssinie |
| French (France) | Vanneau d'Abyssinie |
| German | Strichelbrustkiebitz |
| Japanese | ムナフタゲリ |
| Norwegian | flekkvipe |
| Polish | czajka czarnogłowa |
| Russian | Пестрогрудый чибис |
| Serbian | Etiopski vivak |
| Slovak | cíbik škvrnitoprsý |
| Spanish | Avefría Pechipinta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avefría pechipinta |
| Swedish | etiopisk vipa |
| Turkish | Benekli Kızkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Чайка чорноголова |
Vanellus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845)
PROTONYM:
Lobivanellus melanocephalus
Rüppell, 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost-Afrika's nebst Abbildingen und Beschreibungen von fünfzig theils unbekannten, theils noch nicht bildlich dargestellten Arten, p.115 pl.44.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mountains of Simien, Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VANELLUS
- vanellus
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
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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 Spot-breasted Lapwing
