Tomtit Petroica macrocephala Scientific name definitions
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (5)
Walter Boles, Josep del Hoyo, David Christie, Nigel Collar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 19, 2018
Text last updated April 19, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | petroica de Nova Zelanda |
Dutch | Maorivliegenvanger |
English | Tomtit |
English (New Zealand) | Tomtit/Snares Tomtit |
English (United States) | Tomtit |
French | Miro mésange |
French (France) | Miro mésange |
German | Maorischnäpper |
Japanese | ニュージーランドヒタキ |
Norwegian | maoriflueskvett |
Polish | skalinek wielkogłowy |
Russian | Маорийская петроика |
Serbian | Tomtit crvendać |
Slovak | mucholovka maorská |
Spanish | Petroica Carbonera |
Spanish (Spain) | Petroica carbonera |
Swedish | messydhake |
Turkish | Tomtit Bülbülü |
Ukrainian | Тоутоваї великоголовий |
Petroica macrocephala (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Parus macrocephalus
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.1013.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, ex Latham.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PETROICA
- macrocephala
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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)