Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Fernando Medrano, Niels Krabbe, Thomas S. Schulenberg, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 2.1 — Published December 4, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Мустакато тапакуло |
| Catalan | tapacul gros bigotut |
| Croatian | krupnonoga strmorepka |
| Dutch | Chileense turco |
| English | Moustached Turca |
| English (United States) | Moustached Turca |
| Finnish | viiksivetvetti |
| French | Tourco à moustaches |
| French (Canada) | Tourco à moustaches |
| German | Weißbarttapaculo |
| Japanese | シラヒゲオタテドリ |
| Norwegian | skjeggturka |
| Polish | turko wąsaty |
| Russian | Пастушковый тюрко |
| Serbian | Brkati turko |
| Slovak | turko veľkonohý |
| Spanish | Huet-Huet Turca |
| Spanish (Chile) | Turca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Huet-huet turca |
| Swedish | mustaschtapakul |
| Turkish | Bıyıklı Hütleyen |
| Ukrainian | Турко вусатий |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Pteroptochos megapodius Kittlitz, 1830
PROTONYM:
Pteroptochos megapodius
Kittlitz, 1830. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 1(1831), p.182 pl.4.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Valparaiso, Chile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PTEROPTOCHOS
- MEGAPODIUS
- megapodius
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