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Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer (Linnaeus, C 1766)
The piapiac is an African member of the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus. According to recent findings, it is most closely related to the Central Asian ground jays. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Ptilostomus
Scientific:
Ptilostomus afer
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Ptilostomus
Scientific:
Ptilostomus afer
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Corvus afer
Type locality:
Senegal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/161/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
4C35510F09647DF8
Avibase ID:
avibase-4C35510F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4C35510F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562593
English:
Piapiac
Catalan:
piapiac
Czech:
straka ostroocasá
Danish:
Pia-piak
German:
Spitzschwanzelster
Spanish:
Piapiac
Spanish (Spain):
Piapiac
Finnish:
paimenharakka
French:
Piapiac africain
Croatian:
dugorepa vrana
Hungarian:
pálmaszarka
Icelandic:
Pjáka
Italian:
Piapiac
Japanese (romaji):
afurikasanjaku
Japanese:
アフリカサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Juodoji šarka
Dutch:
Piapiac
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartskjor
Norwegian:
Svartskjære
Polish:
kruczek
Portuguese:
Pega-africana
Portuguese (Portugal):
pega-africana
Russian:
Африканская сорока
Slovak:
piapia dobytčia
Serbian:
Pjapjak
Swedish:
piapiak
Ukrainian:
Піакпіак
Chinese:
须嘴鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
羽嘴鴉
Piapiac
Catalan:
piapiac
Czech:
straka ostroocasá
Danish:
Pia-piak
German:
Spitzschwanzelster
Spanish:
Piapiac
Spanish (Spain):
Piapiac
Finnish:
paimenharakka
French:
Piapiac africain
Croatian:
dugorepa vrana
Hungarian:
pálmaszarka
Icelandic:
Pjáka
Italian:
Piapiac
Japanese (romaji):
afurikasanjaku
Japanese:
アフリカサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Juodoji šarka
Dutch:
Piapiac
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartskjor
Norwegian:
Svartskjære
Polish:
kruczek
Portuguese:
Pega-africana
Portuguese (Portugal):
pega-africana
Russian:
Африканская сорока
Slovak:
piapia dobytčia
Serbian:
Pjapjak
Swedish:
piapiak
Ukrainian:
Піакпіак
Chinese:
须嘴鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
羽嘴鴉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Piapiac africain ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Piapiac africain ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 1st edition: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2021: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2022: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2023: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2024: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 4th edition: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2015: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2016: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2017: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2018: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Clements, version 2019: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 1.50: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 1.52: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 1.53: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 1.54: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 1.55: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2015: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2016: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2017: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2018: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2019: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2021: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2022: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2023: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| eBird version 2024: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ptilostomus afer |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ptilostomus afer |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ptilostomus afer |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Piapiac ( Ptilostomus afer) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ptilostomus afer |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ptilostomus afer |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: qara sağsağan
Catalan: piapiac
Czech: Straka ostroocasá
Danish: Pia-piak
German: Piapia, Spitzschwanzelster
English: Black Magpie, Piapiac
English, HBW: Piapiac
English (IOC): Piapiac
English (Kenya): Piapiac
English (United States): Piapiac
Esperanto: Pjapjako
Spanish: Piapiac
Spanish (Spain): Piapiac
Spanish (HBW): Piapiac
Estonian: piapiak, savanniharakas, savanniharakas (piapiak)
Finnish: Paimenharakka
French: Piac-piac, Piapiac africain
Croatian: dugorepa vrana
Hungarian: pálmaszarka
Icelandic: Pjáka
Italian: Piapiac
Japanese (romaji): afurikasanjaku
Japanese: アフリカサンジャク
Scientific: Corvus afer, Corvus piapiac, Corvus senegalensis, Ptilostomus afer, Ptilostomus senegalensis
Lithuanian: Juodoji šarka
Dutch: Piapiac
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartskjor
Norwegian: Svartskjære
Polish: kruczek, Kruczek gański
Portuguese: Pega-africana
Portuguese (Portugal): pega-africana, Pêga-africana
Russian: Африканская сорока, Чёрная сорока
Slovak: piapia dobytčia, straka dobytčia, Straka piapia
Serbian: Pjapjak
Swedish: Piapiak
Turkish: Piapiak kargası
Tatar: кара саескан
Ukrainian: Піакпіак
Chinese: 须嘴鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 羽嘴鴉
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