Palau Kingfisher Todiramphus pelewensis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 1, 2015
Text last updated December 1, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | alció de les Palau |
| Czech | ledňáček palauský |
| Dutch | Palau-ijsvogel |
| English | Palau Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Palau Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur des Palau |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur des Palau |
| German | Palauliest |
| Japanese | パラオショウビン |
| Norwegian | palauisfugl |
| Polish | łowczyk rdzawogłowy |
| Russian | Палауская альциона |
| Serbian | Vodomar sa ostrva Palau |
| Slovak | rybárikovec palauský |
| Spanish | Alción de Palau |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción de Palau |
| Swedish | mikronesisk kungsfiskare (pelewensis) |
| Turkish | Palau Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Альціон рудоголовий |
Todiramphus pelewensis (Wiglesworth, 1891)
PROTONYM:
Halcyon pelewensis
Wiglesworth, 1891. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 3 no.6, p.15.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Palau Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TODIRAMPHUS
- pelewensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
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 Palau Kingfisher
