Erythrogonys Cinctus Bird
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Erythrogonys Cinctus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Erythrogonys cinctus Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.73,text
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Erythrogonys
Taxonomy Code: rekdot1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ERYTHROGONYS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Red-kneed Dotterel E. cinctus) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; γονυ gonu, γονατος gonatos knee; "Genus ERYTHROGONYS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum capite longius, rectum, paulo depressum. Nares basales, lineares. Ala elongata, remige primo longissimo; tertialibus fere ad apicem remigum tendentibus. Cauda brevis, et fere æqualis; tarsi elongati. Digiti quatuor; postico parvulo; anticis inter se conjunctis, usque ad articulum primum; tibiæ ex parte nudæ. ... ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS, Gould. ... tibiæ parte nuda, cum articulo, coccinea; tarsis olivaceo-fuscis" (Gould 1838); "Erythrogonys Gould, Syn. Bds. Austr., pt. 4, 1838, pl. 73 and text. Type, by monotypy, Erythrogonys cinctus Gould." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 256).
Var. Erythrogenys, Erythrogonus.
cinctus
L. cinctus girdled, wreathed, banded < cingere to encircle.
● ex “Mésange à ceinture blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Poecile).
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)
