Spatula Hottentota Bird
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Spatula Hottentota Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Querquedula hottentota Monogr.Anatidae p.129
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Spatula
Taxonomy Code: hottea1
Type Locality: western coast of South Africa, near Orange River, Cape Province.
Author: Eyton
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPATULA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Northern Shoveler S. clypeata) L. spatula spoon < dim. spatha spatula < Gr. σπαθη spathē spatula; "The Shoveler. Anas clypeata Germanis ... its Bill is three Inches long, coal black, much broader towards the Tip than at the Base, excavated like a Buckler, of a round Circumference" (Albin 1731); "[Anas] clypeata. 16. A[nas]. rostri extremo dilatato rotundato, ungue incurvo" (Linnaeus 1758); "71. Familie. Enten, Anas. ... 152. Gattung. Spatula. 388. clypeata." (Boie 1822); "Spatula Boie, Isis von Oken, 1822, col. 564. Type, by monotypy, Anas clypeata Linné." (Peters 1931, I, 169).
Synon. Adelonetta, Clypeata, Cyanopterus, Pterocyanea, Punanetta, Querquedula, Rhynchaspis, Rhynchoplatus.
hotentotta / hottentota / hottentotta / hottentottus
Hottentot, a former term given to the Khoikhoi, a nomad pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa.
● ex “Grand Motteux” or “Cul-blanc du cap de bonne espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cape Wheat-ear” of Latham 1783 (syn. Oenanthe pileata).
● Erroneous TL. Cape of Good Hope (= Chandernagor, Bengal); ex “Choucas du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Dicrurus).
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)
