Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (4)
David Pearson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2013
Text last updated January 19, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grasvoël |
| Bulgarian | Ливадно трънковче |
| Catalan | herbera del Cap |
| Croatian | oštrorepa cvrkutuša |
| Dutch | Kaapse grasvogel |
| English | Cape Grassbird |
| English (United States) | Cape Grassbird |
| French | Sphénoèque du Cap |
| French (Canada) | Sphénoèque du Cap |
| German | Kap-Bülbülgrasmücke |
| Icelandic | Grassöngvari |
| Japanese | クサムシクイ |
| Norwegian | stråsanger |
| Polish | strzępochwostek |
| Russian | Капская саванница |
| Serbian | Kapska grmušarka |
| Slovak | bylinár hrdzavý |
| Spanish | Yerbera de El Cabo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yerbera de El Cabo |
| Swedish | stråsångare |
| Turkish | Kap Otlak Ötleğeni |
| Ukrainian | Куцохвостик капський |
| Zulu | unontshiloza |
Sphenoeacus afer (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa afra
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.940.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- SPHENOEACUS
- afer
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Cape Grassbird
