Great-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis melanorhyncha Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (3)
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 20, 2017
Text last updated July 20, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | alció becnegre |
| Czech | ledňáček šerohlavý |
| Dutch | Grootsnavelijsvogel |
| English | Great-billed Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Great-billed Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur à bec noir |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur à bec noir |
| German | Schwarzschnabelliest |
| Indonesian | Pekaka bua-bua |
| Japanese | セレベスコウハシショウビン |
| Norwegian | sotvingeisfugl |
| Polish | łowiec czarnodzioby |
| Russian | Черноклювый гуриал |
| Slovak | rybárikovec čiernozobý |
| Spanish | Alción Piquinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción piquinegro |
| Swedish | stornäbbad kungsfiskare |
| Turkish | Koca Gagalı Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Гуріал чорнодзьобий |
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha (Temminck, 1826)
PROTONYM:
Alcedo melanorhyncha
Temminck, 1826. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.66, pl.391.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Celebes.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELARGOPSIS
- melanorhyncha / melanorhynchos / melanorhynchus
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 Great-billed Kingfisher
