Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de cua metàl·lica muntanyenc |
| Czech | kolibřík ostrozobý |
| Dutch | Wipsnavelkolibrie |
| English | Mountain Avocetbill |
| English (United States) | Mountain Avocetbill |
| French | Colibri avocettin |
| French (France) | Colibri avocettin |
| German | Fleckenbauchkolibri |
| Icelandic | Fjallabríi |
| Japanese | ソリハシハチドリ |
| Norwegian | vatrekolibri |
| Polish | szablodziobek |
| Russian | Колибри-шилонос |
| Serbian | Planinski sabljokljuni kolibri |
| Slovak | vrchárik horský |
| Spanish | Colibrí Picolezna |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Piquiavoceta |
| Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí Pico de Avoceta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí picolezna |
| Swedish | skärfläckekolibri |
| Turkish | Kıvrık Gagalı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-шпилькодзьоб |
Opisthoprora euryptera (Loddiges, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus eurypterus
Loddiges, 1832. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 no.15, p. 7.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Popayan, Colombia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OPISTHOPRORA
- euryptera
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera Scientific name definitions
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 17, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 17, 2014
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Vocalizations of Mountain Avocetbill are very poorly known, but include "a series of descending thin whistles, reminiscent of a piculet: wsee wsee wsee wsee" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
There apparently are no available audio recordings of vocalizations of Mountain Avocetbill.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.
