Coenocorypha Iredalei Bird
Coenocorypha Iredalei Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Coenocorypha aucklandica iredalei Bull.Br.Orn.Club 41 p.63
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Coenocorypha
Taxonomy Code: soisni1
Type Locality: Jack Lees Island, New Zealand.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1921
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
COENOCORYPHA
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Auckland Snipe C. aucklandica) Gr. κοινωσις koinōsis mingling < κοινοω koinoō to share; κορυφη koruphē crown of the head; "Top of the head rufous, mixed with dark brown, with a narrow fulvous line down the middle" (G. Gray 1845); "CŒNOCORYPHA, G. R. Gr. 1854. (Gallinago Aucklandicus, G. R. Gr.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Cœnocorypha Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, before April 18th, 1855, p. 119. Type (by original designation): Gallinago aucklandica Gray." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 180).
Synon. Holmesia.
iredalei
Tom Iredale (1880-1972) English ornithologist, conchologist, collector resident in Australia 1923-1972 (Acanthiza, Aegithalos, syn. Alcedo hercules, ‡syn. Apteryx owenii, syn. Ardenna pacifica, ‡Coenocorypha, subsp. Eudyptula minor, syn. Falcunculus frontatus, subsp. Fregata ariel, syn. Neochmia phaeton, syn. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus peregrinus).
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)