Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 7, 2015
Text last updated September 7, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Галапагоска чайка |
| Catalan | gavineta cua de tisora |
| Croatian | galapagoski galeb |
| Czech | racek galapážský |
| Danish | Svalehalemåge |
| Dutch | Zwaluwstaartmeeuw |
| English | Swallow-tailed Gull |
| English (United States) | Swallow-tailed Gull |
| French | Mouette à queue fourchue |
| French (France) | Mouette à queue fourchue |
| German | Gabelschwanzmöwe |
| Icelandic | Svölumáfur |
| Japanese | アカメカモメ |
| Norwegian | svalestjertmåke |
| Polish | mewa widłosterna |
| Russian | Галапагосская чайка |
| Serbian | Rašljorepi galeb |
| Slovak | čajka lastovičia |
| Spanish | Gaviota Tijereta |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota de las Galápagos |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Tijereta |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota Tijereta |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Rabihorcada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota Tijereta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota tijereta |
| Swedish | svalstjärtad mås |
| Turkish | Kırlangıç Kuyruklu Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин галапагоський |
Creagrus furcatus (Néboux, 1842)
PROTONYM:
Larus furcatus
Néboux, 1842. Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate La Vénus commandée par Abel du Petit-Thouars Atlas, pl.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Monterey Bay, California, error = Galdpagos Archipelago.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CREAGRUS
- furcatum / furcatus
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 Swallow-tailed Gull
