Grallaria Blakei Bird
Grallaria Blakei Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Grallaria blakei WilsonBull. 99 p.313-321
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code: cheant2
Type Locality:
Author: Graves
Publish Year: 1987
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
GRALLARIA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Variegated Antpitta G. varia) Mod. L. grallarius stilt-walker < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < dim. gradus step; "GRALLARIE, Grallaria. Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit, un peu fort, épais, convexe en dessus, à dos caréné, comprimé par les côtés; mandibule supérieure échancrée et courbée à la pointe. — Jambes demi-nues. — Queue courte. Esp. Roi des Fourmilliers, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Grallaria Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Roi des Fourmilliers, Buffon = Formicarius varius Boddaert." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 262).
Synon. Agaura, Chamaebates, Colobathris, Hypsibemon, Myiotrichas, Myioturdus, Oropezus.
grallaria
Mod. L. grallarius stilt-walker < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < dim. gradus step.
blakei
● Emmet Reid Blake (1908-1997) US ornithologist, collector (subsp. Buteo nitidus, subsp. Catharus dryas, Grallaria).
● Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918) British diplomat, Gov. of the Bahamas 1884-1887, Newfoundland 1887-1889, Jamaica 1889-1898, Hong Kong 1898-1903, Ceylon 1903-1907 (subsp. Melanerpes superciliaris).
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)