Sunbittern Eurypyga helias Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Subspecies (3)
Sarah A. MacLean
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 1, 2010
Text last updated July 1, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Слънчева чапла |
| Catalan | ocell sol |
| Czech | slunatec nádherný |
| Dutch | Zonneral |
| English | Sunbittern |
| English (United States) | Sunbittern |
| French | Caurale soleil |
| French (France) | Caurale soleil |
| German | Sonnenralle |
| Japanese | ジャノメドリ |
| Norwegian | solrikse |
| Polish | słonecznica |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Russian | Солнечная цапля |
| Serbian | Sunčana čaplja |
| Slovak | pachriašteľ nádherný |
| Spanish | Tigana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garceta Sol |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pájaro Sol |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ave Sol |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tigana |
| Swedish | solrall |
| Turkish | Balabanyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Тігана |
Eurypyga helias (Pallas, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Ardea helias
Pallas, 1781. Neue Nordische Beyträge 2, p.48 pl.3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Surinam.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EURYPYGA
- helias
- Helias
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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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