I wonder what would be a good translation or name in Spanish for Malleefowl ? Apparently these are like pheasants, but that is not fair enough, anyone have a good idea on how to name them in Spanish? I’ve heard talégalo leipoa, but doesnt convice me, maybe “gallineta del mali” or even megapodo leip…

Spanish Wikipedia calls them “El talégalo leipoa, faisán australiano o megápodo ocelado.” I am not a native Spanish speaker, but it seems like faisán australiano gets the idea across quite well, although they aren’t truly pheasants.

megápodo ocelado part from Wiki fits the best, it is from Megapodiidae and it is called ocellated in many languages.

Talégalo leipoa https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/master-list-2/ , multilangual version or https://spain.observation.org/soort/info/70251&lang=es @ diegoalmendras [image] diegoalmendras: I’ve heard talégalo leipoa, but doesnt convice me, maybe “gallineta del mali” or even megapodo lei…

Please do not equate them to pheasants. They are megapodes - an entirely different group and to conflate the two is just bad biology. There are many megapode species and there must be a Spanish collective name for the group to use. I’m sure there’s no translation of “mallee” (a distinct arid adapte…

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That looks cool! Apologies for not getting this earlier, but Avibase has translations for bird names as well: https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=BE7FA4651093E668 I like the Dutch and German names…

How to translate leipoa/Malleefowl to Spanish?

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castieler May 18, 2020, 6:39pm 2

Faisán australiano is the one that sounds better, but it is not a bird we usually talk about in Spain

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How to translate leipoa/Malleefowl to Spanish?

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