Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Stephanie Tyler
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 21, 2016
Text last updated November 21, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Японска стърчиопашка |
| Catalan | cuereta del Japó |
| Chinese | 日本鶺鴒 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 日本鹡鸰 |
| Dutch | Japanse Kwikstaart |
| English | Japanese Wagtail |
| English (United States) | Japanese Wagtail |
| French | Bergeronnette du Japon |
| French (France) | Bergeronnette du Japon |
| German | Japanstelze |
| Icelandic | Glæsierla |
| Japanese | セグロセキレイ |
| Korean | 검은등할미새 |
| Norwegian | japanerle |
| Polish | pliszka duża |
| Russian | Японская трясогузка |
| Serbian | Japanska pliska |
| Slovak | trasochvost japonský |
| Slovenian | Japonska pastirica |
| Spanish | Lavandera Japonesa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera japonesa |
| Swedish | japansk ärla |
| Turkish | Japon Kuyruksallayanı |
| Ukrainian | Плиска японська |
Motacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885
PROTONYM:
Motacilla grandis
Sharpe, 1885. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 10, p.458,492.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MOTACILLA
- motacilla
- grandis
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 Japanese Wagtail
