Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 18, 2014
Text last updated March 18, 2014
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Species names in eBird-supported languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Mikstertwou |
| Azerbaijani | Qayçıquyruq boz çalağan |
| Bulgarian | Вилоопашата каничка |
| Catalan | elani cuaforcat |
| Croatian | afrička lunja |
| Czech | luněc vidloocasý |
| Danish | Svaleglente |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse zwaluwstaartwouw |
| English | Scissor-tailed Kite |
| English (AVI) | Scissor-tailed Kite |
| English (Kenya) | African Swallow-tailed Kite |
| English (United States) | Scissor-tailed Kite |
| Estonian | sirehaugas |
| Finnish | afrikansirohaukka |
| French | Élanion naucler |
| German | Schwalbenschwanzaar |
| Icelandic | Klaufgleða |
| Japanese | アフリカツバメトビ |
| Latvian | Bezdelīgklija |
| Norwegian | sakseglente |
| Polish | kaniuk długosterny |
| Russian | Ласточковый коршун |
| Serbian | Makazorepa lunja |
| Slovak | luniak vidlochvostý |
| Spanish | Elanio Golondrina |
| Spanish (Spain) | Elanio golondrina |
| Swedish | saxstjärtsglada |
| Turkish | Makas Kuyruklu Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка вилохвостий |
Chelictinia riocourii (Temminck, 1821)
PROTONYM:
Elanoides riocourii
Temminck, 1821. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.15 wrapper, vol.1, pl.85,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CHELICTINIA
- riocour / riocourii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
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Introduction
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Scissor-tailed Kite
