Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 10, 2016
Text last updated October 10, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rotsvoël |
| Bulgarian | Скален славей |
| Catalan | roqueret damara |
| Croatian | kamenjarska cvrkutuša |
| Dutch | Roodstuitrotszanger |
| English | Rockrunner |
| English (United States) | Rockrunner |
| French | Achétopse à flancs roux |
| French (Canada) | Achétopse à flancs roux |
| German | Klippensänger |
| Japanese | イワトビムシクイ |
| Norwegian | steinhopper |
| Polish | skalnik |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Salta-pedras |
| Russian | Дамарский скалолаз |
| Serbian | Damarski lažni čukundrozd |
| Slovak | skalobežec škvrnitý |
| Spanish | Saltarrocas de Damara |
| Spanish (Spain) | Saltarrocas de Damara |
| Swedish | damarasångare |
| Turkish | Damara Kayabülbülü |
| Ukrainian | Куцохвостик малий |
Achaetops pycnopygius (Sclater, 1853)
PROTONYM:
Sphenoeacus pycnopygius
Sclater, 1853. Contributions to ornithology (1852), p.148.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Damaraland, South West Africa; restricted to the Omaruru River, South West Africa, by Vincent, 1949, Ostrich, 20, p. 150, and to the Erongo Mountains, by Macdonald, 1957, Contrib. Ornith. Western South Africa, pp. 114-115.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ACHAETOPS
- PYCNOPYGIUS
- pycnopygius
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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 Rockrunner
