Black-breasted Kite Hamirostra melanosternon Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 1, 2015
Text last updated August 1, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | milà pitnegre |
| Czech | luňákovec černoprsý |
| Dutch | Buizerdwouw |
| English | Black-breasted Kite |
| English (Australia) | Black-breasted Buzzard |
| English (United States) | Black-breasted Kite |
| Finnish | australianarohaukka |
| French | Bondrée à plastron |
| French (France) | Bondrée à plastron |
| German | Schwarzbrustweih |
| Japanese | クロムネトビ |
| Norwegian | kongeglente |
| Polish | kanialec ogorzały |
| Russian | Канюковый коршун |
| Serbian | Crnogruda lunja |
| Slovak | včelárovec veľkozobý |
| Spanish | Milano Pechinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano pechinegro |
| Swedish | svartbröstad glada |
| Turkish | Kara Göğüslü Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка рудошиїй |
Hamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Buteo melanosternon
Gould, 1841. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1840), Pt8 no.94, p.162.
TYPE LOCALITY:
interior of New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HAMIROSTRA
- melanosterna / melanosternon / melanosternum / melanosternus
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 Black-breasted Kite
