Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, Eduardo de Juana, Christopher J. Sharpe, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 1, 2015
Text last updated October 1, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Маврицийска ветрушка |
| Catalan | xoriguer de l'illa de Maurici |
| Czech | poštolka mauricijská |
| Dutch | Mauritiustorenvalk |
| English | Mauritius Kestrel |
| English (United States) | Mauritius Kestrel |
| French | Crécerelle de Maurice |
| French (France) | Crécerelle de Maurice |
| German | Mauritiusfalke |
| Japanese | モーリシャスチョウゲンボウ |
| Norwegian | mauritiusfalk |
| Polish | pustułka maskareńska |
| Russian | Маврикийская пустельга |
| Serbian | Mauricijska vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol bodkavý |
| Spanish | Cernícalo de la Mauricio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cernícalo de la Mauricio |
| Swedish | mauritiusfalk |
| Turkish | Morityus Kerkenezi |
| Ukrainian | Боривітер маврикійський |
Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821
PROTONYM:
Falco punctatus
Temminck, 1821. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.8, pl.45, p.83.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mauritius.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- punctatum / punctatus
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 Mauritius Kestrel
