Megatriorchis Doriae Bird

Doria\'s Goshawk / Megatriorchis doriae

Megatriorchis Doriae Bird

English Name:  Doria's Goshawk
Latin Name:  Megatriorchis doriae
Protonym:  Megatriorchis doriae Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7 p.805
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Megatriorchis
Taxonomy Code:  dorgos1
Type Locality:  Yule Island, New Guinea.
Author:  Salvadori & D''Albertis
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

MEGATRIORCHIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Doria's Goshawk M. doriae) Gr. μεγας megas,  μεγαλη megalē  great; τριορχης triorkhēs  hawk  < τρεις treis, τρια tria  three; ορχις orkhis  testicle (see Triorchis); "Il Megatriorchis doriae ha tutte le dimensioni, tranne quelle delle ali, molto maggiori di quelle dell'Astur palumbarius" (Salvadori & d'Albertis 1876).

doriae
Giacomo Marchese Doria (1840-1913) Italian naturalist, founder of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa, sponsor, explorer (subsp. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Locustella certhiolaMegatriorchis, syn. Sylvia nana).