curracag

Rank:
Species
Taxon key:
NHMSYS0020794689
Taxon version key:
NHMSYS0020796654
Language:
Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
Entered by:
Charles Hussey (2011-08-16)
Status:
LIVE

Nameserver

  • NHMSYS0020804691
    Not recommended Well-formed Accepted name Common name

Synonyms

Common names

  • Green Plover
    English
    Taxon version key: NBNSYS0000167460
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • Lapwing
    English
    Taxon version key: NBNSYS0000168220
    Accepted name Well-formed
  • Peewit
    English
    Taxon version key: NBNSYS0000169426
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • Northern Lapwing
    English
    Taxon version key: NBNSYS0000188841
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • Cornchwiglen
    Welsh (Cymraeg)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020553200
    Accepted name Well-formed
  • Cornchwiglod
    Welsh (Cymraeg)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020553900
    Accepted name Well-formed
  • adharcain-luachrach
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796652
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • adharcan-luachrach
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796653
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • doireagain
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796656
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • doireagan
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796657
    Junior synonym Well-formed
  • curracag
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796654
    Accepted name Well-formed
  • curracagan
    Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
    Taxon version key: NHMSYS0020796655
    Junior synonym Well-formed

Checklists

  • SNH List of Gaelic Names (version 1)
    Taxon list item key: NHMSYS0020792054
    The pronunciation of curracag sounds like the call of the lapwing while another suggestion is that it got it's name from a type of headress worn by women in olden times which the tuft of feathers at the back of it's head resembled.

Output group

  • Bird (NHMSYS0000080039)

Input groups

  • Undetermined (NHMSYS0000375171, level 2)
  • Birds (NHMSYS0000079977, level 2)

Organism

  • (parent: )