Magellanic Cormorant Leucocarbo magellanicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.2 — Published November 19, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Bulgarian | Магеланов корморан |
Catalan | corb marí de Magallanes |
Croatian | patagonski vranac |
Czech | kormorán skalní |
Dutch | Magelhaenaalscholver |
English | Magellanic Cormorant |
English (United States) | Magellanic Cormorant |
Estonian | patagoonia kormoran (patagoonia karbas) |
Finnish | patagonianmerimetso |
French | Cormoran de Magellan |
French (Canada) | Cormoran de Magellan |
German | Felsenscharbe |
Icelandic | Klettaskarfur |
Japanese | クロクビムナジロヒメウ |
Norwegian | magellanskarv |
Polish | kormoran skalny |
Russian | Магелланов баклан |
Serbian | Magelanov vranac |
Slovak | kormorán skalný |
Slovenian | Skalni vranjek |
Spanish | Cormorán Magallánico |
Spanish (Argentina) | Cormorán Cuello Negro |
Spanish (Chile) | Cormorán de las rocas |
Spanish (Spain) | Cormorán magallánico |
Swedish | magellanskarv |
Turkish | Macellan Karabatağı |
Ukrainian | Баклан магеланський |
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).
Leucocarbo magellanicus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus magellanicus
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.576.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LEUCOCARBO
- magellani / magellanica / magellanicus
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 Magellanic Cormorant