Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 30, 2014
Text last updated June 30, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Breëbekwalvisvoël |
| Catalan | petrell prió becample |
| Czech | buřňák širokozobý |
| Dutch | Breedbekprion |
| English | Broad-billed Prion |
| English (United States) | Broad-billed Prion |
| French | Prion de Forster |
| French (France) | Prion de Forster |
| German | Forster-Entensturmvogel |
| Icelandic | Nönnusvali |
| Japanese | ヒロハシクジラドリ |
| Norwegian | brednebbhvalfugl |
| Polish | petrelek szerokodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | faigão-de-bico-largo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Faigão-de-bico-largo |
| Russian | Ширококлювый прион |
| Serbian | Širokokljuni prion |
| Slovak | hladinár širokozobý |
| Spanish | Prión Piquiancho |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Prión Pico Ancho |
| Spanish (Chile) | Petrel-paloma de pico ancho |
| Spanish (Peru) | Petrel-Azul de Pico Ancho |
| Spanish (Spain) | Prión piquiancho |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Prión Pico de Pato |
| Swedish | brednäbbad valfågel |
| Turkish | Büyük Priyon |
| Ukrainian | Пріон широкодзьобий |
| Zulu | impungemlomobanzi |
Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria vittata
Forster, 1777. A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 1, p.91,98,note.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tristan da Cunha.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PACHYPTILA
- vittata / vittatum / vittatus
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 Broad-billed Prion
