Black Storm-Petrel Hydrobates melania Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
William T. Everett, Yuliana R. Bedolla-Guzmán, and David G. Ainley
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | ocell de tempesta negre |
| Czech | buřňáček tmavý |
| Dutch | Zwart Stormvogeltje |
| English | Black Storm-Petrel |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Black Storm Petrel |
| English (United States) | Black Storm-Petrel |
| French | Océanite noir |
| French (France) | Océanite noir |
| German | Schwarzwellenläufer |
| Icelandic | Skerjasvala |
| Japanese | アメリカクロウミツバメ |
| Norwegian | bajastormsvale |
| Polish | nawałnik czarny |
| Russian | Чёрная качурка |
| Serbian | Crna burnica |
| Slovak | víchrovníček tmavý |
| Spanish | Paíño Negro |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Paiño Negro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Paíño Negro |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Paíño Negro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Paíño Negro |
| Spanish (Panama) | Paíño Negro |
| Spanish (Peru) | Golondrina de Mar Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paíño negro |
| Swedish | svart stormsvala |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Fırtınakırlangıcı |
| Ukrainian | Качурка чорна |
Hydrobates melania (Bonaparte, 1854)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria melania
Bonaparte, 1854. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 38, p.662.
TYPE LOCALITY:
coast of California.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROBATES
- melania
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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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