White-headed Steamer-Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Jack C. Eitniear
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 13, 2014
Text last updated August 13, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Чубутска патица |
| Catalan | ànec vapor capblanc |
| Czech | kachyně bělohlavá |
| Danish | Duck Chubutkæmpeand |
| Dutch | Witkopbooteend |
| English | White-headed Steamer-Duck |
| English (United States) | White-headed Steamer-Duck |
| Finnish | valkopääviuhtoja |
| French | Brassemer à tête blanche |
| French (France) | Brassemer à tête blanche |
| German | Weißkopf-Dampfschiffente |
| Japanese | アルゼンチンフナガモ |
| Norwegian | hvithodeskovleand |
| Polish | torpedówka białogłowa |
| Russian | Белоголовая утка-пароход |
| Serbian | Beloglava parobrodska patka |
| Slovak | parníkovka bielohlavá |
| Spanish | Quetro Cabeciblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Quetro Cabeza Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Quetro cabeciblanco |
| Swedish | vithuvad ångbåtsand |
| Turkish | Ak Başlı Forsa Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка-пароплав світлоголова |
Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981
PROTONYM:
Tachyeres leucocephalus
Humphrey & Thompson, 1981. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas no.95, p.1-12.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TACHYERES
- leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
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 White-headed Steamer-Duck
