Black Harrier Circus maurus Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 9, 2018
Text last updated January 9, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkruisvleivalk |
| Catalan | arpella negra |
| Czech | moták černý |
| Dutch | Zwarte Kiekendief |
| English | Black Harrier |
| English (United States) | Black Harrier |
| Finnish | mustasuohaukka |
| French | Busard maure |
| French (France) | Busard maure |
| German | Kapweihe |
| Japanese | クロチュウヒ |
| Norwegian | fynboshauk |
| Polish | błotniak czarny |
| Russian | Чёрный лунь |
| Serbian | Crna eja |
| Slovak | kaňa počerná |
| Spanish | Aguilucho Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Aguilucho negro |
| Swedish | svart kärrhök |
| Turkish | Kara Delice |
| Ukrainian | Лунь чорний |
| Zulu | umamhlangenomnyama |
Circus maurus (Temminck, 1828)
PROTONYM:
Falco maurus
Temminck, 1828. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.78, pl.461.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CIRCUS
- circus
- maurus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Harrier
