Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 15, 2017
Text last updated September 15, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | perdiu d'esperons de Sri Lanka |
| Czech | kur dvouostruhý |
| Dutch | Ceylonese Dwergfazant |
| English | Sri Lanka Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Sri Lanka Spurfowl |
| French | Galloperdrix de Ceylan |
| French (France) | Galloperdrix de Ceylan |
| German | Ceylonspornhuhn |
| Japanese | セイロンケズメシャコ |
| Norwegian | dråpesporehøne |
| Polish | kuropatwiak cejloński |
| Russian | Цейлонская шпорцевая курица |
| Serbian | Mala kokoš sa Šri Lanke |
| Slovak | bažantík perlavý |
| Spanish | Faisancillo de Ceilán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Faisancillo de Ceilán |
| Swedish | ceylonsporrhöna |
| Turkish | Benekli Horoz Kekliği |
| Ukrainian | Куріпка-шпороніг цейлонська |
Galloperdix bicalcarata (Forster, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Perdix bicalcarata
Forster, 1781. Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.), p.25 pl.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLOPERDIX
- bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
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 Sri Lanka Spurfowl
