Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2005
Text last updated January 1, 2005
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bangla (India) | গোল্ড-এর শর্টউইং |
Catalan | alacurt estel·lat |
Chinese (SIM) | 栗背短翅鸫 |
Croatian | biserasti batić |
Dutch | Gouldkortvleugel |
English | Gould's Shortwing |
English (United States) | Gould's Shortwing |
French | Brachyptère étoilée |
French (Canada) | Brachyptère étoilée |
German | Braunrücken-Kurzflügel |
Japanese | シロボシコバネヒタキ |
Nepali (India) | थोप्ले लघुपंख |
Nepali (Nepal) | थोप्ले लघुपङ्ख |
Norwegian | stjernekortvinge |
Polish | kusochwostka rdzawoskrzydła |
Russian | Крапчатый короткокрыл |
Serbian | Guldov kratkokrili crvendać |
Slovak | hvezdáčik hnedochrbtý |
Spanish | Alicorto Estrellado |
Spanish (Spain) | Alicorto estrellado |
Swedish | pärlkortvinge |
Turkish | Yıldızlı Kısakanat |
Ukrainian | Алікорто рудоспинний |
Heteroxenicus stellatus (Gould, 1868)
PROTONYM:
Brachypteryx (Drymochares) stellatus
Gould, 1868. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, Part 1, p.218.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HETEROXENICUS
- stellata / stellatus
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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Heteroxenicus stellatus stellatus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
C and E Himalayas from N India (Uttarakhand) and C Nepal E, discontinuously, to NE Myanmar, and SE Tibet, W Yunnan (China); recently recorded in C and N Sichuan (1).
Heteroxenicus stellatus stellatus (Gould, 1868)
PROTONYM:
Brachypteryx (Drymochares) stellatus
Gould, 1868. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, Part 1, p.218.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HETEROXENICUS
- stellata / stellatus
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)
SUBSPECIES
Heteroxenicus stellatus fuscus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Heteroxenicus stellatus fuscus (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930)
PROTONYM:
Brachypteryx stellatus fuscus
Delacour & Jabouille, 1930. Revue d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquée (n.s.), 11, p.397.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chapa, Tonkin.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HETEROXENICUS
- stellata / stellatus
- fuscus
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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Gould's Shortwing