Hylopezus Auricularis Bird
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Hylopezus Auricularis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Grallaria auricularis Ark.Zool. 33B no.13 p.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Hylopezus
Taxonomy Code: masant1
Type Locality: Victoria, confluence of Rio Madre de Dios and Rio Beni, distr. of Madre de Dios, Bolivia. Col. pi., Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. (3), 23, 1945, no. 1, pi. [l],fig.3.
Author: Gyldenstolpe
Publish Year: 1941
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HYLOPEZUS
(Grallariidae; † Streak-chested Antpitta H. perspicillatus) Gr ὑλη hulē woodland, forest; πεζος pezos walking < πατεω pateō to walk; "Hylopezus gen. nov. ... Related to Grallaria Vieillot but nasal fossæ longer and narrower ... nostrils more linear and separated from frontal feathering by naked integument; much weaker and more slender (nearly terete) bill, etc. Type.- Grallaria perspicillata Lawrence. ('Yλη, a wood, forest; πεζος, walking.)" (Ridgway 1909); "Hylopezus RIDGWAY, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 21, 1909, p. 71 (type [by original designation] Grallaria perspicillata LAWRENCE)." (Hellmayr, 1924, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. III, 334).
Var. Hylopezas.
auriculare / auricularis
Med. L. auricularis ear, eared < L. auricula ear < dim. auris ear.
● ex “Oricou” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 9 < French oreille ear; cou neck (syn. Torgos tracheliotus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
