Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootskedebek (-peddie) |
| Catalan | colom antàrtic becgroc |
| Czech | štítonos světlezobý |
| Dutch | Zuidpoolkip |
| English | Snowy Sheathbill |
| English (South Africa) | Snowy (Greater) Sheathbill |
| English (United States) | Snowy Sheathbill |
| French | Chionis blanc |
| French (France) | Chionis blanc |
| German | Weißgesicht-Scheidenschnabel |
| Icelandic | Snæslíðri |
| Japanese | サヤハシチドリ |
| Norwegian | antarktisslirenebb |
| Polish | pochwodziób żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pomba-antártica |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pomba-antárctica |
| Russian | Белая ржанка |
| Serbian | Snežni kanijaš |
| Slovak | belák snežný |
| Slovenian | Veliki kritokljun |
| Spanish | Picovaina de las Malvinas |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Paloma-Antártica |
| Spanish (Chile) | Paloma antártica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picovaina de las Malvinas |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Paloma Antártica |
| Swedish | gulnäbbad slidnäbb |
| Turkish | Ak Kıngaga |
| Ukrainian | Сніжниця жовтодзьоба |
Chionis albus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Vaginalis alba
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.705.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Zealand, error, Falkland Islands substituted by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. S. Am., 1912, p. 36.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHIONIS
- chionis
- albus
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)
Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus Scientific name definitions
Emerson D. Fang
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 30, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 30, 2010
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