Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (4)
Steve Madge and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Gala |
| Arabic | زاغ زرعي |
| Armenian | Սովորական ճայ |
| Asturian | Choya común |
| Azerbaijani | Dolaşa |
| Basque | Belatxiki arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Чавка |
| Catalan | gralla occidental |
| Chinese (SIM) | 寒鸦 |
| Croatian | čavka |
| Czech | kavka obecná |
| Danish | Allike |
| Dutch | Kauw |
| English | Eurasian Jackdaw |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Jackdaw |
| Estonian | hakk |
| Faroese | Rókur |
| Finnish | naakka |
| French | Choucas des tours |
| French (Canada) | Choucas des tours |
| Galician | Gralla pequena |
| Georgian | ჭკა |
| German | Dohle |
| Greek | Κάργια |
| Hebrew | קאק |
| Hungarian | Csóka |
| Icelandic | Dvergkráka |
| Italian | Taccola |
| Japanese | ニシコクマルガラス |
| Ladakhi | ཕོ་རོག་མིག་དཀར། |
| Latvian | Kovārnis |
| Lithuanian | Kuosa |
| Mongolian | Харлаг хэрээ |
| Norwegian | kaie |
| Persian | کلاغ گردن بور |
| Polish | kawka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਾਂਵੀਂ |
| Romanian | Stăncuță |
| Russian | Галка |
| Serbian | Čavka |
| Slovak | kavka tmavá |
| Slovenian | Kavka |
| Spanish | Grajilla Occidental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Grajilla occidental |
| Swedish | kaja |
| Turkish | Küçük Karga |
| Ukrainian | Галка звичайна |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman contributed to the Systematics section. Matthew D. Medler prepared the account for the 2024 Clements taxonomy update.
Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Corvus Monedula
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 15).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- COLOEUS
- coloeus
- monedula
- Monedula
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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)
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Distribution of the Eurasian Jackdaw
