White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 24, 2014
Text last updated August 24, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белокорема чапла |
| Catalan | agró ventreblanc |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白腹鹭 |
| Czech | volavka bělobřichá |
| Dutch | Keizerreiger |
| English | White-bellied Heron |
| English (United States) | White-bellied Heron |
| Finnish | himalajanhaikara |
| French | Héron impérial |
| French (France) | Héron impérial |
| German | Weißbauchreiher |
| Icelandic | Keisarahegri |
| Japanese | シロハラサギ |
| Norwegian | keiserhegre |
| Polish | czapla białobrzucha |
| Russian | Белобрюхая цапля |
| Serbian | Belotrba čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka bielobruchá |
| Spanish | Garza Ventriblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garza ventriblanca |
| Swedish | kejsarhäger |
| Turkish | Ak Karınlı Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля білочерева |
Ardea insignis Hume, 1878
PROTONYM:
Ardea insignis
Hume, 1878. Stray Feathers 6, p.470.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sikkim terai, Bhutan duars, etc.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- insignis
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 White-bellied Heron
