Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 12, 2016
Text last updated February 12, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | guatlla pintada alablanca |
| Czech | perepel nejmenší |
| Dutch | Leeuwerikkwartel |
| English | Quail-plover |
| English (Kenya) | Quailplover |
| English (United States) | Quail-plover |
| French | Turnix à ailes blanches |
| French (France) | Turnix à ailes blanches |
| German | Lerchenlaufhühnchen |
| Icelandic | Spretthæna |
| Japanese | ハジロミフウズラ |
| Norwegian | lerkespringvaktel |
| Polish | przepiórnik białoskrzydły |
| Russian | Жаворонковая трёхперстка |
| Serbian | Ševolika prepeličica |
| Slovak | prepeľovec savanový |
| Spanish | Torillo Alaudino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torillo alaudino |
| Swedish | lärkspringhöna |
| Turkish | Toygarkılavuzu |
| Ukrainian | Триперстка-крихітка |
Ortyxelos meiffrenii (Vieillot, 1819)
PROTONYM:
Turnix Meiffrenii
Vieillot, 1819. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 35, p.49.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ORTYXELOS
- meiffrenii
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 Quail-plover
