Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 11, 2014
Text last updated August 11, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Червеноглава гъска |
| Catalan | oca cap-rogenca |
| Czech | husice rezavohlavá |
| Danish | Rødhovedet Gås |
| Dutch | Roodkopgans |
| English | Ruddy-headed Goose |
| English (United States) | Ruddy-headed Goose |
| Finnish | punapäähansu |
| French | Ouette à tête rousse |
| French (France) | Ouette à tête rousse |
| German | Rotkopfgans |
| Japanese | チャガシラコバシガン |
| Norwegian | brunhodegås |
| Polish | magelanka rudogłowa |
| Russian | Рыжеголовый гусь |
| Serbian | Crvenoglava guska |
| Slovak | bernaška červenohlavá |
| Spanish | Cauquén Colorado |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cauquén Colorado |
| Spanish (Chile) | Canquén colorado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cauquén colorado |
| Swedish | rosthuvad gås |
| Turkish | Kızıl Başlı Kaz |
| Ukrainian | Каргарка рудоголова |
Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater, 1861
PROTONYM:
Chloëphaga rubidiceps
Sclater, 1861. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 28(3) (1860), p.387 pl.173.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Falkland Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHLOEPHAGA
- rubidiceps
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 Ruddy-headed Goose
