Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Peter Hosner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 5, 2019
Text last updated February 5, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elènia banyuda |
| Dutch | Geschubde Elenia |
| English | Mottle-backed Elaenia |
| English (United States) | Mottle-backed Elaenia |
| French | Élénie écaillée |
| French (France) | Élénie écaillée |
| German | Schuppenolivtyrann |
| Japanese | マダラシラギクタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | hornelenia |
| Polish | elenia czubata |
| Russian | Чубатая эления |
| Slovak | elénia mramorovaná |
| Spanish | Fiofío Gigante |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Elenia Cachudita |
| Spanish (Peru) | Fío-Fío Moteado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fiofío gigante |
| Swedish | fjällryggig elenia |
| Turkish | Benekli Elenya |
| Ukrainian | Еленія рогата |
Elaenia gigas Sclater, 1871
PROTONYM:
Elainea gigas
Sclater, 1871. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, Part 3, p.831.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rio Napo, Ecuador.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELAENIA
- gigas
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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 Mottle-backed Elaenia
