Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Angela Turner, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Nárgila Moura
Version: 2.0 — Published June 25, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootstreepswael |
| Bulgarian | Голяма пъстра лястовица |
| Catalan | oreneta de casc roig |
| Croatian | južnoafrička lastavica |
| Dutch | Kaapse zwaluw |
| English | Greater Striped Swallow |
| English (United States) | Greater Striped Swallow |
| Estonian | lõuna-roostepääsuke |
| Finnish | isoviirupääsky |
| French | Hirondelle à tête rousse |
| French (Canada) | Hirondelle à tête rousse |
| German | Kaprötelschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Rákasvala |
| Japanese | ズアカコシアカツバメ |
| Norwegian | smalstripesvale |
| Polish | jaskółka kreskowana |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinha-estriada-grande |
| Russian | Капская ласточка |
| Serbian | Velika prugasta lasta |
| Slovak | lastovička červenohlavá |
| Spanish | Golondrina Cabecirrufa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina cabecirrufa |
| Swedish | större strimsvala |
| Turkish | Çizgili Büyük Kırlangıç |
| Ukrainian | Ластівка капська |
| Zulu | inkonjanenkulu |
Cecropis cucullata (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Hirundo cucullata
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.45.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., pi. 723, fig. 2.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CECROPIS
- cucullata / cucullatus
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)
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Distribution of the Greater Striped Swallow
