Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
D. J. Mountjoy and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2016
Text last updated July 8, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Basque | Buztanori japoniarra |
| Bulgarian | Японска копринарка |
| Catalan | ocell sedós del Japó |
| Chinese | 朱連雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 小太平鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小太平鸟 |
| Croatian | žutotrba kugara |
| Czech | brkoslav amurský |
| Danish | Japansk Silkehale |
| Dutch | Japanse pestvogel |
| English | Japanese Waxwing |
| English (United States) | Japanese Waxwing |
| Estonian | amuuri siidisaba |
| French | Jaseur du Japon |
| French (Canada) | Jaseur du Japon |
| German | Blutseidenschwanz |
| Icelandic | Morguntoppa |
| Japanese | ヒレンジャク |
| Korean | 홍여새 |
| Mongolian | Наран энхэт бялзуухай |
| Norwegian | amursidensvans |
| Polish | jemiołuszka japońska |
| Russian | Японский свиристель |
| Serbian | Japanska kugara |
| Slovak | chochláč tajgový |
| Slovenian | Japonski pegam |
| Spanish | Ampelis Japonés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ampelis japonés |
| Swedish | amursidensvans |
| Turkish | Japon İpekkuyruğu |
| Ukrainian | Омелюх східноазійський |
Bombycilla japonica (Siebold, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Bombycivora japonica
Siebold, 1824. De historiae naturalis in Japonia statu, nec non de augmento emolumentisque in dercursu perscrutationum exspectandis dissertatio, cui accedunt Spicilegia Faunae Japonicae, p.13,note.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Fyco ac Tsikuzen' = Kumamoto and Fukuoka prefectures, Kyushu, Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- BOMBYCILLA
- bombycilla
- japanensis / japanicus / japensis / japonensis / japonica / japonicum / japonicus
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Japanese Waxwing
