Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 27, 2013
Text last updated November 27, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черноглава лястовица |
| Catalan | oreneta capnegra |
| Croatian | pjegavogrli piljak |
| Dutch | Zwartkapzwaluw |
| English | Black-capped Swallow |
| English (United States) | Black-capped Swallow |
| Estonian | maia mägipääsuke |
| French | Hirondelle à tête noire |
| French (Canada) | Hirondelle à tête noire |
| German | Kappenschwalbe |
| Japanese | ズグロツバメ |
| Norwegian | hettesvale |
| Polish | jaskółeczka czarnogłowa |
| Russian | Черноголовая ласточка |
| Serbian | Crnokapa lasta |
| Slovak | lastovička čiapočkatá |
| Spanish | Golondrina Cabecinegra |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Golondrina Copa Negra |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Golondrina Gorra Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina cabecinegra |
| Swedish | svarthättesvala |
| Turkish | Kara Başlı Kırlangıç |
| Ukrainian | Ластовиця чорноголова |
Atticora pileata Gould, 1858
PROTONYM:
Atticora pileata
Gould, 1858. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 26, no.369, p. 355.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Guatemala.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ATTICORA
- pileata / pileatum / pileatus
- Pileata
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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 Black-capped Swallow
