Melierax Canorus Bird
Melierax Canorus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Falco canorus Diss.FalconeCanoro p.1
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Melierax
Taxonomy Code: pacgos1
Type Locality: South Africa.
Author: Thunberg
Publish Year: 1799
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELIERAX
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Pale Chanting Goshawk M. canorus) Gr. μελος melos song; ἱεραξ hierax, ἱερακος hierakos hawk; "FAUCON CHANTEUR. FALCO MUSICUS ... C'est sur-tout dans la saison des amours que le mâle chante, ainsi que la plupart des oiseaux qui sont doués de cette faculté. Placé près de sa femelle, qu'il ne quitte pas de toute l'année, il chante des heures entières, et chaque phrase dure près d'une minute: comme notre Rossignol, on l'entend le matin au lever du soleil, le soir au déclin du jour, et quelquefois durante toute la nuit" (Daudin 1800); "MELIËRAX, n. M. musicus, (Daud.) n. Levaill. Ois. d'Afr., pl. 27" (G. Gray 1840); "Meliërax G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 5. Type, by original designation, Falco musicus Daudin = Falco canorus Rislachi." (Amadon in Peters 1979, 1, ed. 2, 321).
Var. Melijerax, Meliecrax.
canorum / canorus
L. canorus melodious < canor, canoris song, tune < canere to sing.
● "52. CUCULUS. ... canorus. 1. C. cauda aequali nigricante albo punctata. Fn. svec. 77. Cuculus. Gesn. av. 363. Aldr. ornith. l. 5. c. 107. Bell. av. 22:6. Will. ornith. 62. t. 77. Frisch. av. 4. t. 40, 41, 42. Raj. av. 23. Alb. av. I. p. 8. t. 8. Olin. av. 38. Habitat in Europa; victitat Larvis. Ova sua aliarum avicularum nidis imponis, cubandi impotens; variat ætate, sexu; tempore frondescentiæ, florescentiæ, grossisicationis cuculat; occultatur caniculæ ortu; in falconem transformari perperam asseritur." (Linnaeus 1758) (Cuculus).
● "95. TURDUS. ... Canorus. 5. T. griseus, subtus ferrugineus, linea alba ad latera capitis, cauda rotundata. Chin. Lagerstr. 11. Turdus chinensis. Osb. it. 309. Turdus fuscus benghalensis non maculatus. Edw. av. 184. t. 184. Baniah bove benghala. Alb. av. 3. p. 18. t. 19. Habitat in Benghala, China." (Linnaeus 1758) (Garrulax).
● ex "Faucon Chanteur" of Levaillant 1798, pl. 27 (Melierax).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
SUBSPECIES
Pale Chanting-Goshawk (argentior)
Latin Name: Melierax canorus argentior
argentior
Mod. L. argentior, argentioris more silvery < comp. L. argenteus of silver, silvery < argentum, argenti silver.
Pale Chanting-Goshawk (canorus)
Latin Name: Melierax canorus canorus
canorum / canorus
L. canorus melodious < canor, canoris song, tune < canere to sing.
● "52. CUCULUS. ... canorus. 1. C. cauda aequali nigricante albo punctata. Fn. svec. 77. Cuculus. Gesn. av. 363. Aldr. ornith. l. 5. c. 107. Bell. av. 22:6. Will. ornith. 62. t. 77. Frisch. av. 4. t. 40, 41, 42. Raj. av. 23. Alb. av. I. p. 8. t. 8. Olin. av. 38. Habitat in Europa; victitat Larvis. Ova sua aliarum avicularum nidis imponis, cubandi impotens; variat ætate, sexu; tempore frondescentiæ, florescentiæ, grossisicationis cuculat; occultatur caniculæ ortu; in falconem transformari perperam asseritur." (Linnaeus 1758) (Cuculus).
● "95. TURDUS. ... Canorus. 5. T. griseus, subtus ferrugineus, linea alba ad latera capitis, cauda rotundata. Chin. Lagerstr. 11. Turdus chinensis. Osb. it. 309. Turdus fuscus benghalensis non maculatus. Edw. av. 184. t. 184. Baniah bove benghala. Alb. av. 3. p. 18. t. 19. Habitat in Benghala, China." (Linnaeus 1758) (Garrulax).
● ex "Faucon Chanteur" of Levaillant 1798, pl. 27 (Melierax).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
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)