Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- Subspecies (2)
Ben Barkley
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 24, 2014
Text last updated January 24, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Сокол присмехулник |
| Catalan | falcó rialler |
| Czech | sokolec volavý |
| Dutch | Lachvalk |
| English | Laughing Falcon |
| English (United States) | Laughing Falcon |
| French | Macagua rieur |
| French (France) | Macagua rieur |
| German | Lachfalke |
| Icelandic | Gellir |
| Japanese | ワライハヤブサ |
| Norwegian | latterfalk |
| Polish | trębacz chichotliwy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | acauã |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Acauã |
| Russian | Смеющийся сокол |
| Serbian | Soko smejač |
| Slovak | plazožrút krikľavý |
| Slovenian | Kričavi sokol |
| Spanish | Halcón Reidor |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Guaicurú |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Guaco |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Halcón Reidor (Valdivia) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Guaco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Halcón Guaco |
| Spanish (Panama) | Halcón Reidor |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Guaicurú |
| Spanish (Peru) | Halcón Reidor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón reidor |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Halcón Macagua |
| Swedish | skrattfalk |
| Turkish | Kahkahacı Doğan |
| Ukrainian | Макагуа |
Herpetotheres cachinnans (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Falco cachinnans
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.90.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America; restricted to Surinam by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. ZooL, 15, p. 290.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HERPETOTHERES
- herpetotheres
- cachinnans
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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)
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Distribution of the Laughing Falcon
