Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2017
Text last updated September 25, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | becadell imperial |
| Czech | bekasina královská |
| Danish | Kejserbekkasin |
| Dutch | Keizersnip |
| English | Imperial Snipe |
| English (United States) | Imperial Snipe |
| French | Bécassine impériale |
| French (France) | Bécassine impériale |
| German | Kaiserbekassine |
| Japanese | セジマタシギ |
| Norwegian | keiserbekkasin |
| Polish | bekas kasztanowaty |
| Russian | Королевский бекас |
| Slovak | močiarnica kráľovská |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Imperial |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Becasina Imperial |
| Spanish (Peru) | Becasina Imperial |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza imperial |
| Swedish | kejsarbeckasin |
| Turkish | Kral Çulluk |
| Ukrainian | Баранець королівський |
Gallinago imperialis Sclater & Salvin, 1869
PROTONYM:
Gallinago imperialis
Sclater & Salvin, 1869. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, Part 2, p.419.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bogota, Colombia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- imperialis
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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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Imperial Snipe
