Pterodroma Brevipes Bird
Pterodroma Brevipes Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Procellaria brevipes U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.294
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Pterodroma
Taxonomy Code: colpet1
Type Locality: type locality doubtful: reported ''latitude 68° S., longitude 95''^ W.,'' but probably Samoa Islands, as pointed out by Bourne, 1967, Ibis, 109, pp. 155-156.
Author: Peale
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PTERODROMA
(Procellariidae; Ϯ Great-winged Petrel P. macroptera) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -δρομος -dromos -racer, -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; the gadfly petrels were so named with reference to their fast weaving flight, as if pursued by horseflies; "1. FULMAREÆ. ... *4. Pterodroma, Bp. 14. fuliginosa, Banks. (grisea, Kuhl nec Gm. lugens? Soland. atlantica, Gould.) 15. macroptera, Smith. (brevirostris, Less.) 16. aterrima, Verr. (carbonaria? Solander.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pterodroma, Bp. (Thalassoica? p. Gr. - Procellaria, p. Hombr. et Jacq. - Ossifraga, p. Reich.) Rostrum brevissimum, curvum, valde compressum: cauda cuneata. Nigrae. Cum genere BULWERIA Procellariearum analogiam praebent. Parvulae inter congeneres conveniunt quippe statura cum gigantibus illis propriae sectionis. M. ant. pr. Afr. 3. 1. PROCELLARIA macroptera, Smith. ... 2. PROCELLARIA FULIGINOSA, Banks, nec Lath. ... *3. PROCELLARIA aterrima, Verr." (Bonaparte 1857); "Pterodroma Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 42, 1856, p. 768. Type, by subsequent designation, Procellaria macroptera A. Smith (Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 137)." (Peters 1931, I, 60).
Var. Petrodroma, Pterodrome.
Synon. Aestrelata, Cookilaria, Hallstroma, Oestrelatella, Proaestrelata, Rhantistes.
brevipes
Mod. L. brevipes, brevipedis short-footed < L. brevis short; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
Brevipes
(Apodidae; syn. Apus Ϯ Common Swift A. apus) L. brevis short; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Temminck's new term Cypselus, taken from the κυψελος of the Greeks, is, in our opinion, far less apposite and precise than the compound, Brachypus, introduced by the German Ornithologists; and literally signifying Short-foot. ... Our well-known Develin differs principally from the only other European species of the genus in the dusky colour of the whole inferior region of the body. Why, then, not designate it by the terms Brachypus (or Brevipes) melanogaster, dark-bellied Short-Legs?" (S. Palmer 1836); "Brevipes "P" = S. Palmer, Analyst, vol. iv. no. xv. p. 101, April 1st, 1836: alternative name for Brachypus Meyer." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 405)..
SUBSPECIES
Collared Petrel (Collared)
Latin Name: Pterodroma brevipes brevipes
brevipes
Mod. L. brevipes, brevipedis short-footed < L. brevis short; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
Collared Petrel (Magnificent)
Latin Name: Pterodroma brevipes magnificens
magnificens
L. magnificens, magnificentis splendidly < magnificus grand < magnus great; facere to make.
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)