Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gevlekte Eend |
| Bulgarian | Синьоклюно бърне |
| Catalan | xarxet hotentot |
| Czech | čírka tečkovaná |
| Danish | Blånæbbet And |
| Dutch | Gouden Taling |
| English | Blue-billed Teal |
| English (Kenya) | Hottentot Teal |
| English (United States) | Blue-billed Teal |
| Finnish | pikkutavi |
| French | Sarcelle à bec bleu |
| French (France) | Sarcelle à bec bleu |
| German | Pünktchenente |
| Hebrew | שרשיר כחול-מקור |
| Icelandic | Deplaönd |
| Japanese | アフリカコガモ |
| Norwegian | sumpand |
| Polish | cyraneczka afrykańska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Marreco-hotentote |
| Russian | Пятнистый чирок |
| Serbian | Afrička krdža |
| Slovak | kačica bodkovaná |
| Slovenian | Hotentotski kreheljc |
| Spanish | Cerceta Joi |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cerceta joi |
| Swedish | sumpand |
| Turkish | Nübye Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Чирянка жовтощока |
| Zulu | idadelincane |
Spatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Querquedula hottentota
Eyton, 1838. A monograph on the Anatidæ, or duck tribe, p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
western coast of South Africa, near Orange River, Cape Province.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SPATULA
- spatula
- hotentotta / hottentota / hottentotta / hottentottus
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Hottentot Teal
