Cyanochen Cyanoptera Bird
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Cyanochen Cyanoptera Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Bernicla cyanoptera Systemat.Uebers.Vog.N.-O.-Afr. p.129 pl.47
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Cyanochen
Taxonomy Code: buwgoo1
Type Locality: Shoa.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CYANOCHEN
(Anatidae; Ϯ Blue-winged Goose C. cyanopterus) Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; χην khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; "Sämmtliche Deckfedern der Flügel lavendelblau" (Rüppell 1845); "C. BERNICLEÆ. ... 10. Cyanochen, Hartl. 26. cyanoptera, Rüpp." (Bonaparte 1856); "Cyanochen Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 43, 1856, p. 648. Type, by monotypy, Bernicla cyanoptera Rüppell." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 152).
cyanoptera
Gr. κυανοπτερος kuanopteros dark-winged, blue-winged < κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Pato alas azules” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 434 (Spatula).
● ex “Lindo saihobí” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 92 (Tangara).
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)
