Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (30)
- Monotypic
Paul C. Banko, Jeffrey M. Black, and Winston E. Banko
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hawaiiese Gans |
| Arabic | اوزة هاواي |
| Bulgarian | Хавайска гъска |
| Catalan | oca de les Hawaii |
| Croatian | havajska guska |
| Czech | berneška havajská |
| Danish | Hawaiigås |
| Dutch | Hawaiigans |
| English | Hawaiian Goose |
| English (HAW) | Nēnē - Hawaiian Goose |
| English (United States) | Hawaiian Goose |
| Finnish | havaijinhanhi |
| French | Bernache néné |
| French (France) | Bernache néné |
| German | Hawaiigans |
| Hebrew | אווז הוואי |
| Icelandic | Hraungæs |
| Japanese | ハワイガン |
| Norwegian | hawaiigås |
| Polish | bernikla hawajska |
| Russian | Гавайская казарка |
| Serbian | Havajska guska (nene) |
| Slovak | bernikla vlnkovaná |
| Slovenian | Havajska gos |
| Spanish | Barnacla Nené |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Nené |
| Spanish (Spain) | Barnacla nené |
| Swedish | hawaiigås |
| Turkish | Nene |
| Ukrainian | Казарка гавайська |
Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834)
PROTONYM:
Anser sandvicensis
Vigors, 1834. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 2, no.17, p.43.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Hawaiian Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BRANTA
- sandvicensis / sandvichensis / sandwichensis
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Current distribution of the Nënë.
Breeding distribution is similar to nonbreeding distribution on most islands except Kaua‘i, where the population was reintroduced more recently.
