Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (32)
- Subspecies (6)
Jason A. Mobley
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 14, 2012
Text last updated December 14, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tirà reial bec de bota |
| Dutch | Bootsnaveltiran |
| English | Boat-billed Flycatcher |
| English (United States) | Boat-billed Flycatcher |
| French | Tyran pitangua |
| French (France) | Tyran pitangua |
| German | Starkschnabel-Maskentyrann |
| Icelandic | Kænuhersir |
| Japanese | オオハシタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | båtnebbtyrann |
| Polish | bentewi wielkodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | neinei |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Neinei |
| Russian | Челноклювый бентеви |
| Serbian | Veliki lažni kiskadi |
| Slovak | postriežkar pitangua |
| Spanish | Bienteveo Pitanguá |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pitanguá |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pintaguá |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mosquerón Picudo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Mosquero Picudo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Cristofué Picudo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Luis Pico Grueso |
| Spanish (Panama) | Mosquero Picudo |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Pitanguá |
| Spanish (Peru) | Mosquero Picudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Bienteveo pitanguá |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pitanguá |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Atrapamoscas Picón |
| Swedish | båtnäbbstyrann |
| Turkish | Pabuç Gagalı Tiran |
| Ukrainian | Пітанга-великодзьоб |
Megarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
[Lanius] Pitangua
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.136.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brazil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 151.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEGARYNCHUS
- pitangua
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 Boat-billed Flycatcher
