Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 19, 2013
Text last updated November 19, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | milà cuaquadrat |
| Czech | luňákovec australský |
| Dutch | Kortstaartwouw |
| English | Square-tailed Kite |
| English (United States) | Square-tailed Kite |
| Finnish | leijahaukka |
| French | Bondrée à queue carrée |
| French (France) | Bondrée à queue carrée |
| German | Milanweih |
| Japanese | シラガトビ |
| Norwegian | langvingeglente |
| Polish | kanialec czubaty |
| Russian | Чубатый коршун |
| Serbian | Ravnorepa lunja |
| Slovak | včelárovec svetlohlavý |
| Spanish | Milano Colicuadrado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano colicuadrado |
| Swedish | tvärstjärtad glada |
| Turkish | Düz Kuyruklu Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка довгокрилий |
Lophoictinia isura (Gould, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Milvus isurus
Gould, 1838. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands pt3, pl.47 fig.2,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Australia = New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p. 250.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LOPHOICTINIA
- isura
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 Square-tailed Kite
