Galloperdix Bicalcarata Bird
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Galloperdix Bicalcarata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Perdix bicalcarata IndischeZool. p.25 pl.14
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Galloperdix
Taxonomy Code: ceyspu1
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1781
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GALLOPERDIX
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Red Spurfowl G. spadiceus) Portmanteau of genera Gallus Brisson, 1760, fowl, and Perdix Brisson, 1760, partridge; "In the same work [Delessert 1843] are figured and described, or only described ... 3. As Francolinus Hardwickii, Gray, the Perdix lunulosa, Valenciennes, v. Fr. nivosus, Mag. de Zool., 1840, Ois. pl. 18; if indeed this be not also the Cingalese, Perdix bicalcaratus of Pennant, which I greatly suspect. The form, to which P. spadiceus also belongs, I regard as constituting a very distinct genus — Galloperdix, Nobis." (Blyth 1844); "Galloperdix Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 13, pt. 2, 1844, p. 936, note. Type, by monotypy, P. spadiceus = Tetrao spadicea Gmelin." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 106).
Synon. Hepburnia, Plectroperdix.
bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
Mod. L. bicalcaratus furnished with two spurs, double-spurred < L. bi- two- < bis twice; calcaratus spurred < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel.
● "87. PAVO. ... bicalcaratus. 2. P. capite lævi, calcaribus duobus. Phasianus pavonicus chinensis. Edw. av. 67. t. 67. & t. 69. f. 1. Habitat in China. Pennæ verticis revolutæ. Pennæ posterioris dorsi longæ ocellis pavoninis indicans hoc genus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Polyplectron).
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)
