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Cuban Kite Chondrohierax wilsonii Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Richard O. Bierregaard, Harold F. Greeney, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | milà de Cuba |
| Czech | hákozobec kubánský |
| Dutch | Cubaanse Wouw |
| English | Cuban Kite |
| English (United States) | Cuban Kite |
| French | Bec-en-croc de Cuba |
| French (France) | Bec-en-croc de Cuba |
| German | Kubaweih |
| Norwegian | kubaglente |
| Polish | hakodziób (wilsonii) |
| Serbian | Kubanska kukastokljuna lunja |
| Slovak | luň kubánsky |
| Spanish | Milano Picogarfio (wilsonii) |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Milano Pico Garfio (wilsonii) |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gavilán caguarero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano picogarfio (wilsonii) |
| Swedish | kubaglada |
| Turkish | Küba Çaylağı |
| Ukrainian | Шуляк кубинський |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Leo Gilman copy edited the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Chondrohierax wilsonii (Cassin, 1847)
PROTONYM:
Cymindis Wilsonii
Cassin, 1847. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3, p.199.
TYPE LOCALITY:
near Gibara, Cuba; La Silla, c. 13.5 km south of Gibara, Holguín province, northeast Cuba (Kirwan & Kirconnell 2022)
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHONDROHIERAX
- wilsonia / wilsoniana / wilsonianus / wilsonii / wilsonius
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)
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Distribution of the Cuban Kite
