Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (4)
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2021
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bergwagter |
| Catalan | còlit formiguer muntanyenc |
| Danish | Kapstenpikker |
| Dutch | Bergtapuit |
| English | Mountain Wheatear |
| English (United States) | Mountain Wheatear |
| French | Traquet montagnard |
| French (France) | Traquet montagnard |
| German | Bergschmätzer |
| Japanese | カタジロサバクヒタキ |
| Norwegian | hvitvingesteinskvett |
| Polish | smolarek górski |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Chasco-montês |
| Russian | Горная термитница |
| Serbian | Planinska mravlja travarka |
| Slovak | skaliarik horský |
| Spanish | Collalba Montana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Collalba montana |
| Swedish | kaptermitskvätta |
| Turkish | Dağ Esmer Bülbülü |
| Ukrainian | Смолярик білокрилий |
Revision Notes
Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page.
Myrmecocichla monticola (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Oenanthe monticola
Vieillot, 1818. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21, p.434.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Namaqualand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MYRMECOCICHLA
- MONTICOLA
- monticola
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)
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Distribution of the Mountain Wheatear
