Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Peter Pyle, Stephen Debus, David Christie, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.1 — Published February 9, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elani marcat |
| Czech | luněc černoramenný |
| Dutch | Letterwouw |
| English | Letter-winged Kite |
| English (United States) | Letter-winged Kite |
| Finnish | yöliitohaukka |
| French | Élanion lettré |
| French (France) | Élanion lettré |
| German | Schwarzachselaar |
| Icelandic | Stafgleða |
| Japanese | クロオビトビ |
| Norwegian | skriftglente |
| Polish | kaniuk stepowy |
| Russian | Чернополосый коршун |
| Serbian | Noćna lunja |
| Slovak | luniak popolavý |
| Spanish | Elanio Escrito |
| Spanish (Spain) | Elanio escrito |
| Swedish | nattglada |
| Turkish | Şeritli Ak Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка чорнокрилий |
Revision Notes
Stephen Debus contributed primarily to the Identification, Field Identification, and Similar Species sections. Peter Pyle contributed primarily to the Plumages, Molts, and Bare Parts sections. Guy Kirwan contributed primarily to the Systematics History, Geographic Variation, Subspecies, Related Species, Hybridization, and Fossil History sections.
Elanus scriptus Gould, 1842
PROTONYM:
Elanus scriptus
Gould, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, 0 no.113, p.80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Australia = Cooper's Creek, fide Mathews, 1927, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 259.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELANUS
- elanus
- scriptus
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)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Letter-winged Kite
