Kakapo Strigops habroptila Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar, Christopher J. Sharpe, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | kàkapo |
| Czech | kakapo soví |
| Dutch | Kakapo |
| English | Kakapo |
| English (United States) | Kakapo |
| French | Strigops kakapo |
| French (France) | Strigops kakapo |
| German | Kakapo |
| Icelandic | Uglupáfi |
| Japanese | フクロウオウム |
| Norwegian | kakapo |
| Polish | kakapo |
| Russian | Какапо |
| Serbian | Kakapo |
| Slovak | kakapo sovovitý |
| Spanish | Kakapo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Kakapo |
| Swedish | kakapo |
| Turkish | Kakapu |
| Ukrainian | Какапо |
Strigops habroptila Gray, 1845
PROTONYM:
Strigops habroptilus
Gray, 1845. The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 2, p.427 pl.CV.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'One of the islands in the South Pacific' = New Zealand, restricted to Dusky Sound, South Island by Mathews and Iredale, antea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STRIGOPS
- habroptila / habroptilus
- Habroptila
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 Kakapo
