Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 19, 2013
Text last updated November 19, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | arpella pintada |
| Czech | moták kropenatý |
| Dutch | Gevlekte Kiekendief |
| English | Spotted Harrier |
| English (United States) | Spotted Harrier |
| Finnish | helmisuohaukka |
| French | Busard tacheté |
| French (France) | Busard tacheté |
| German | Fleckenweihe |
| Indonesian | Elang-rawa tutul |
| Japanese | ウスユキチュウヒ |
| Norwegian | prikkjerrhauk |
| Polish | błotniak plamisty |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tartaranhão-malhado |
| Russian | Пятнистый лунь |
| Serbian | Pegava eja |
| Slovak | kaňa bodkovaná |
| Spanish | Aguilucho Moteado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Aguilucho moteado |
| Swedish | fläckig kärrhök |
| Turkish | Benekli Delice |
| Ukrainian | Лунь австралійський |
Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828
PROTONYM:
Circus assimilis
Jardine & Selby, 1828. Illustrations of ornithology 2, pl.51,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
near Sydney, Australia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CIRCUS
- circus
- assimile / assimilis
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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
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/: 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 Spotted Harrier
