White-crested Tiger-Heron Tigriornis leucolopha Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 22, 2014
Text last updated July 22, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Качулата тигрова чапла |
| Catalan | martinet tigrat africà |
| Czech | bukač západoafrický |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Tijgerroerdomp |
| English | White-crested Tiger-Heron |
| English (United States) | White-crested Tiger-Heron |
| Finnish | afrikantiikerihaikara |
| French | Onoré à huppe blanche |
| French (France) | Onoré à huppe blanche |
| German | Weißschopfreiher |
| Japanese | アフリカトラフサギ |
| Norwegian | dusktigerhegre |
| Polish | tygryska białoczuba |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abetouro-tigre |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-tigre |
| Russian | Белохохлая тигровая выпь |
| Serbian | Beloćuba tigrasta čaplja |
| Slovak | tigrovanec bielochochlatý |
| Spanish | Avetigre Africana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avetigre africana |
| Swedish | afrikansk tigerhäger |
| Turkish | Afrika Kaplan Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Бушля смугаста |
Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846)
PROTONYM:
Tigrisoma leucolopha
Jardine, 1846. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (1), 17, p.86.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Old Calabar River or Bonny River, Nigeria.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TIGRIORNIS
- leucolopha / leucolophos / leucolophum / leucolophus
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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 White-crested Tiger-Heron
