Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Monotypic
Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 3, 2017
Text last updated March 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | fredeluga capgrisa |
| Chinese | 跳鴴 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 灰頭麥雞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 灰头麦鸡 |
| Czech | čejka šedohlavá |
| Danish | Gråhovedet Vibe |
| Dutch | Grijskopkievit |
| English | Gray-headed Lapwing |
| English (United States) | Gray-headed Lapwing |
| French | Vanneau à tête grise |
| French (France) | Vanneau à tête grise |
| German | Graukopfkiebitz |
| Greek | Γκριζοκέφαλη Καλημάνα |
| Hebrew | קיווית אפורת-ראש |
| Hungarian | Szürkefejű bíbic |
| Icelandic | Grávepja |
| Indonesian | Trulek kelabu |
| Japanese | ケリ |
| Korean | 민댕기물떼새 |
| Malayalam | ചാരത്തലയൻ തിത്തിരി |
| Mongolian | Саарал хавтгаалж |
| Norwegian | gråhodevipe |
| Persian | خروس کولی سرخاکستری |
| Polish | czajka szarogłowa |
| Russian | Серый чибис |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi vivak |
| Slovak | cíbik sivohlavý |
| Slovenian | Pepelasta priba |
| Spanish | Avefría Ceniza |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avefría ceniza |
| Swedish | gråhuvad vipa |
| Thai | นกกระแตหัวเทา |
| Turkish | Gri Başlı Kızkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Чайка сіра |
Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
PROTONYM:
Pluvianus cinereus
Blyth, 1842. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, p.587.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Calcutta.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VANELLUS
- vanellus
- cinereum / cinereus
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 Gray-headed Lapwing
