Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | salangana gegant |
| Czech | salangana vodopádová |
| Dutch | Reuzensalangaan |
| English | Waterfall Swift |
| English (United States) | Waterfall Swift |
| French | Salangane géante |
| French (France) | Salangane géante |
| German | Riesensalangane |
| Indonesian | Walet raksasa |
| Japanese | オニアナツバメ |
| Norwegian | storsalangan |
| Polish | salangana wielka |
| Russian | Гигантская салангана |
| Serbian | Čiopa sa vodopada |
| Slovak | salangána vodopádová |
| Spanish | Salangana Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Salangana gigante |
| Swedish | jättesalangan |
| Turkish | Büyük Yelyutan |
| Ukrainian | Салангана велика |
Hydrochous gigas (Hartert & Butler, 1901)
PROTONYM:
Collocalia gigas
Hartert & Butler, 1901. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 11, p.65.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Selangor, Malay States.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROCHOUS
- gigas
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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 Waterfall Swift
