Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Subspecies (2)
Anthony J. Gaston and Akiko Shoji
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 12, 2010
Text last updated November 12, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | gavotí antic |
| Chinese | 扁嘴海雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 扁嘴海雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 扁嘴海雀 |
| Croatian | srebrnasta njorka |
| Czech | alkoun černohrdlý |
| Danish | Hvidbrynet Dværgalk |
| Dutch | Zilveralk |
| English | Ancient Murrelet |
| English (United States) | Ancient Murrelet |
| French | Guillemot à cou blanc |
| French (France) | Guillemot à cou blanc |
| German | Silberalk |
| Greek | Κιτρινόραμφη Άλκα |
| Hebrew | אלקית בהירת-מקור |
| Hungarian | Ezüstalka |
| Icelandic | Fornklumba |
| Japanese | ウミスズメ |
| Korean | 바다쇠오리 |
| Lithuanian | Sidabrinė alka |
| Norwegian | nordstarik |
| Polish | morzyk sędziwy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Torda-miúda-do-pacífico |
| Romanian | Alcă argintie |
| Russian | Старик |
| Serbian | Drevna njorčica |
| Slovak | starček strakatý |
| Slovenian | Črnogrla lumnica |
| Spanish | Mérgulo Antiguo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mérgulo Antiguo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mérgulo antiguo |
| Swedish | kragalka |
| Turkish | Ak Saçlı Alk |
| Ukrainian | Моржик чорногорлий |
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Alca antiqua
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.554.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West of North America to Kamchatka and the Kurile Islands, i.e. Bering Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS
- antiquus
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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)
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