Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Esteban Frere and Ana Millones
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Червеноног корморан |
| Croatian | pjegavi vranac |
| Czech | kormorán rudonohý |
| Dutch | Roodpootaalscholver |
| English | Red-legged Cormorant |
| English (United States) | Red-legged Cormorant |
| Estonian | laikkael-kormoran (laikkael-karbas) |
| Finnish | harmaamerimetso |
| French | Cormoran de Gaimard |
| French (Canada) | Cormoran de Gaimard |
| German | Buntscharbe |
| Icelandic | Skrækskarfur |
| Japanese | サカツラウ |
| Norwegian | rødfotskarv |
| Polish | kormoran czerwononogi |
| Russian | Красноногий баклан |
| Serbian | Crvenonogi vranac |
| Slovak | kormorán sivý |
| Spanish | Cormorán Chuita |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cormorán Gris |
| Spanish (Chile) | Lile |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cormorán Patirrojo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Cormorán de Pata Roja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán chuita |
| Swedish | rödfotad skarv |
| Turkish | Gri Karabatak |
| Ukrainian | Баклан червононогий |
Poikilocarbo gaimardi (Garnot, 1828)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Gaimardi
Garnot, 1828. Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie 1 livr.7, p.601, pl.48.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Lima, au Perou' = San Lorenzo Island, roadstead of Lima, fide Lesson, 1831, Traite Ornith., livr. 8, p. 605.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- POIKILOCARBO
- gaimardi / gaimardii
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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 Red-legged Cormorant
