Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Monotypic
C. T. Callaghan, Daniel M. Brooks, and Peter Pyle
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Kolgans |
Albanian | Pata egjiptiane |
Arabic | اوزة مصرية |
Asturian | Gansu exipcianu |
Basque | Antzara egiptoarra |
Bulgarian | Египетска гъска |
Catalan | oca d'Egipte |
Chinese | 埃及雁 |
Croatian | egipatska guska |
Czech | husice nilská |
Danish | Nilgås |
Dutch | Nijlgans |
English | Egyptian Goose |
English (United States) | Egyptian Goose |
Finnish | afrikanhanhi |
French | Ouette d'Égypte |
French (France) | Ouette d'Égypte |
Galician | Ganso de Exipto |
German | Nilgans |
Greek | Αλωπόχηνα |
Hebrew | יאורית |
Hungarian | Nílusi lúd |
Icelandic | Nílarönd |
Italian | Oca egiziana |
Japanese | エジプトガン |
Lithuanian | Egiptinė žąsis |
Norwegian | niland |
Polish | gęsiówka egipska |
Portuguese (Angola) | Ganso do Egipto |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-do-egipto |
Romanian | Gâscă egipteană |
Russian | Нильский гусь |
Serbian | Nilska guska |
Slovak | húska štíhla |
Slovenian | Nilska gos |
Spanish | Ganso del Nilo |
Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Egipcio |
Spanish (Spain) | Ganso del Nilo |
Swedish | nilgås |
Turkish | Nil Kazı |
Ukrainian | Каргарка нільська |
Zulu | ilongwe |
Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Anas aegyptiaca
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.197.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALOPOCHEN
- aegyptiaca / aegyptiacus / aegypticus
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)