Whitehead Mohoua albicilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Walter Boles
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 13, 2014
Text last updated November 13, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | mòhua capblanca |
| Dutch | Witkopmohoua |
| English | Whitehead |
| English (United States) | Whitehead |
| French | Mohoua à tête blanche |
| French (France) | Mohoua à tête blanche |
| German | Weißköpfchen |
| Japanese | シロモフアムシクイ |
| Norwegian | hvithodemohua |
| Polish | maorysek białogłowy |
| Russian | Белоголовая мохуа |
| Serbian | Beloglava mohua |
| Slovak | proroček bielohlavý |
| Spanish | Mohoua Cabeciblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mohoua cabeciblanco |
| Swedish | vithuvad mohua |
| Turkish | Mohu Mohuası |
| Ukrainian | Могуа білоголовий |
Mohoua albicilla (Lesson, 1830)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla albicilla
Lesson, 1830. Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie 1, pt.2, livr.14, p.662.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MOHOUA
- albicilla / albicillus
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 Whitehead
