Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2010
Text last updated January 1, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Pylstertrooibekkie |
| Bulgarian | Царска райска вдовица |
| Catalan | vídua reial |
| Croatian | crnokapa udovičica |
| Dutch | Koningswida |
| English | Shaft-tailed Whydah |
| English (United States) | Shaft-tailed Whydah |
| Estonian | ruugeviidas |
| Finnish | viiripyrstöleski |
| French | Veuve royale |
| French (Canada) | Veuve royale |
| German | Königswitwe |
| Icelandic | Kóngsekkja |
| Japanese | ミカドスズメ |
| Norwegian | vimpelenke |
| Polish | wdówka królewska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Viúva-seta |
| Russian | Королевская вдовушка |
| Serbian | Kraljevska udovica |
| Slovak | vdovka kráľovská |
| Spanish | Viuda Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Viuda real |
| Swedish | vimpelstjärtad änka |
| Turkish | Kalem Kuyruklu Vidya |
| Ukrainian | Вдовичка королівська |
| Zulu | ibhakelimsilosihlaku |
Vidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza regia
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.313.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa ; southern Angola suggested by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 810.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- VIDUA
- vidua
- regia
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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
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Shaft-tailed Whydah
