Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (59)
- Subspecies (4)
Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, Jeffrey S. Marks, Anna Motis, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 24, 2017
Text last updated February 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Blouvalk |
| Arabic | حدأة سوداء الجناح |
| Armenian | Սևաթև ցին |
| Asturian | Elanu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Bozumtul çalağan |
| Bangla | কাপাসি চিল |
| Basque | Elano urdina |
| Bulgarian | Пепелява каничка |
| Catalan | elani comú |
| Chinese | 黑翅鳶 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑翅鳶 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑翅鸢 |
| Croatian | crnokrila lunja |
| Czech | luněc šedý |
| Danish | Blå Glente |
| Dutch | Grijze Wouw |
| English | Black-winged Kite |
| English (India) | Black-winged Kite (Black-shouldered Kite) |
| English (Kenya) | African Black-shouldered Kite |
| English (United States) | Black-winged Kite |
| Finnish | liitohaukka |
| French | Élanion blanc |
| French (France) | Élanion blanc |
| Galician | Peneireiro cincento |
| German | Gleitaar |
| Greek | Έλανος |
| Gujarati | કપાસી |
| Hebrew | דאה שחורת-כתף |
| Hindi | कपासी चील |
| Hungarian | Kuhi |
| Icelandic | Völsungur |
| Indonesian | Elang tikus |
| Italian | Nibbio bianco |
| Japanese | カタグロトビ |
| Korean | 검은어깨매 |
| Latvian | Melnplecu klija |
| Lithuanian | Palšasis peslys |
| Malayalam | വെള്ളി എറിയൻ |
| Marathi | कापशी घार |
| Norwegian | svartvingeglente |
| Odia | ଧୁଲ ଛଞ୍ଚାଣ |
| Persian | کورکور بال سیاه |
| Polish | kaniuk |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Peneireiro-cinzento |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Peneireiro-cinzento |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੱਟੀ ਇੱਲ |
| Romanian | Gaie cenușie |
| Russian | Дымчатый коршун |
| Serbian | Bela lunja |
| Slovak | luniak sivý |
| Slovenian | Sinji lebduh |
| Spanish | Elanio Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Elanio común |
| Swedish | svartvingad glada |
| Telugu | అడవి రామదాసు |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวขาว |
| Turkish | Ak Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка чорноплечий |
| Zulu | udemezane |
Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Falco caeruleus
Desfontaines, 1789. Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique -1787, p.503 pl.15.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Algiers.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELANUS
- elanus
- caeruleus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Black-winged Kite
