Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (32)
- Subspecies (2)
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2013
Text last updated October 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wildemakou |
| Catalan | oca d'esperons |
| Croatian | ostrugasta guska |
| Czech | pižmovka ostruhatá |
| Danish | Sporegås |
| Dutch | Spoorwiekgans |
| English | Spur-winged Goose |
| English (United States) | Spur-winged Goose |
| Finnish | kynsihanhi |
| French | Oie-armée de Gambie |
| French (France) | Oie-armée de Gambie |
| German | Sporngans |
| Greek | Σπιρουνόφτερη Χήνα |
| Hebrew | אווז שחור |
| Hungarian | Tücskésszárnyú lúd |
| Icelandic | Sporönd |
| Japanese | ツメバガン |
| Lithuanian | Pentinuotoji žąsis |
| Norwegian | sporegås |
| Polish | gęsiec |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Ganso-de-asa-esporada |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-ferrão |
| Romanian | Gâscă de Gambia |
| Russian | Шпорцевый гусь |
| Serbian | Ostrugasta guska |
| Slovak | ostrožiarka lesklá |
| Slovenian | Ostrožka |
| Spanish | Ganso Espolonado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganso espolonado |
| Swedish | sporrgås |
| Turkish | Mahmuzlu Kaz |
| Ukrainian | Шпорокрил |
Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Anas gambensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Gambia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLECTROPTERUS
- gambensis
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Spur-winged Goose
