Heard Island Shag Leucocarbo nivalis Scientific name definitions
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Хърдски корморан |
| Catalan | corb marí de Heard |
| Czech | kormorán heardský |
| Dutch | Heardaalscholver |
| English | Heard Island Shag |
| English (United States) | Heard Island Shag |
| French | Cormoran de Heard |
| French (France) | Cormoran de Heard |
| German | Heardscharbe |
| Japanese | ハードウ |
| Norwegian | hvitvingeskarv |
| Polish | kormoran białoskrzydły |
| Russian | Хердский баклан |
| Slovak | kormorán bielokrídly |
| Spanish | Cormorán de Heard |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán de Heard |
| Swedish | heardskarv |
| Turkish | Heard Adası Karabatağı |
| Ukrainian | Баклан білоплечий |
Leucocarbo nivalis (Falla, 1937)
PROTONYM:
Phalacrocorax (Leucocarbo) atriceps nivalis
Falla, 1937. Report of the British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 2, p.226.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Atlas Cove, Heard Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LEUCOCARBO
- nivalis
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)
