Nyctanassa Carcinocatactes Bird
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Nyctanassa Carcinocatactes Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(2) 326-337.
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Nyctanassa
Taxonomy Code: bernih1
Type Locality:
Author: Olson & Wingate
Publish Year: 2006
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
NYCTANASSA
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Night Heron N. violacea) Gr. νυξ nux, νυκτος nuktos night; ανασσα anassa queen, lady < αναξ anax, ανακτος anaktos king (cf. νασσα nassa duck); "1842.— Nycterodius* MACGILLIVRAY, Man. Brit. Orn., II, p. 126 (same type) (nec REICHENB., 1852.) ... *It will be seen that this name antedates Nyctherodius REICHENBACH by ten years. As no other generic name seems available for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Ardea violacea LINN.), I propose Nyctanassa (νυξ, night, ανασσα, queen) as a new name for this type, which should stand as Nyctanassa violacea." (Stejneger 1887).
Var. Nyctinassa.
Synon. Nyctherodius.
carcinocatactes
Gr. καρκινος karkinos crab; κατακτης kataktēs killer < κατακτεινω katakteinō to kill.
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)
