Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Ray J. Pierce, Guy M. Kirwan, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.1 — Published December 6, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черен кокилобегач |
| Catalan | camallarga negre |
| Croatian | crna vlastelica |
| Czech | pisila černá |
| Dutch | Zwarte steltkluut |
| English | Black Stilt |
| English (United States) | Black Stilt |
| Estonian | must-karkjalg |
| Finnish | mustapitkäjalka |
| French | Échasse noire |
| French (Canada) | Échasse noire |
| German | Rußstelzenläufer |
| Japanese | クロセイタカシギ |
| Maori | Kakī | Black Stilt |
| Norwegian | svartstylteløper |
| Polish | szczudłak czarny |
| Russian | Новозеландский ходулочник |
| Serbian | Crna vlastelica |
| Slovak | šišila smútočná |
| Spanish | Cigüeñuela Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cigüeñuela negra |
| Swedish | svart styltlöpare |
| Turkish | Kara Uzunbacak |
| Ukrainian | Кулик-довгоніг чорний |
Revision Notes
Brian L. Sullivan wrote the Introduction.
Himantopus novaezelandiae Gould, 1841
PROTONYM:
Himantopus novae-zelandiae
Gould, 1841. The birds of Australia pt4, pl.34.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Port Nicholson, North Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HIMANTOPUS
- himantopus
- novaezealandiae / novaezeelandiae / novaezelandiae
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)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Black Stilt
