Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published December 11, 2020
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sekretarisvoël |
| Asturian | Serpentariu |
| Bulgarian | Птица секретар |
| Catalan | secretari |
| Czech | hadilov písař |
| Dutch | Secretarisvogel |
| English | Secretarybird |
| English (United States) | Secretarybird |
| Finnish | sihteerilintu |
| French | Messager sagittaire |
| French (France) | Messager sagittaire |
| German | Sekretär |
| Hebrew | לבלר |
| Icelandic | Örvi |
| Japanese | ヘビクイワシ |
| Norwegian | sekretærfugl |
| Polish | sekretarz |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Secretário |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Secretário |
| Russian | Птица-секретарь |
| Serbian | Ptica sekretar |
| Slovak | hadožrút nohatý |
| Slovenian | Tajnik |
| Spanish | Secretario |
| Spanish (Spain) | Secretario |
| Swedish | sekreterarfågel |
| Turkish | Sekreterkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Секретар |
| Zulu | intinginono |
Revision Notes
In this partial revision, the "Sounds and Vocal Behavior" section was revised by Peter F. D. Boesman.
Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller, 1779)
PROTONYM:
Falco serpentarius
Miller, 1779. Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt5, pl.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SAGITTARIUS
- serpentarius
- Serpentarius
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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)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Secretarybird
