Erythromachus Leguati Bird
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Erythromachus Leguati Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Erythromachus leguati Bibl.EcoleHaut.Etud. 9 art.3 p.6 pl.11 fig.1 pl.12 fig.3,4
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Erythromachus
Taxonomy Code: rodrai1
Type Locality:
Author: Milne-Edwards
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
ERYTHROMACHUS
‡ (Rallidae; † Rodrigues Rail E. leguati) Gr. ερυφρος eruthros red; μαχη makhē battle, combat; apparently the Rodrigues Rail was easily attracted by the colour red, and would attack red rags and cloths; "Ils ressemblaient aussi aux Ocydromes par une singularité physiologique, l'antipathie pour la couleur rouge: 'Si on leur présente quelque chose de rouge, dit Leguat, cela les irrite si fort, qu'elles viennent l'attaquer pour tâcher de l'emporter, si bien que dans l'ardeur du combat on a occasion de les prendre facilement.' ... Genre ERYTHROMACHUS. ERYTHROMACHUS LEGUATI." (Milne-Edwards 1874); "Erythromachus Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix, art. 3, p. 6, 1874. Type by monotypy, E. leguati Milne-Edw." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 102).
Synon. Miserythrus.
leguati
François Leguat (1637-1735) French explorer, naturalist on Rodrigues 1691 (syn. Cinclocerthia gutturalis (= "Necropsar leguati"), ‡Erythromachus, ‡syn. Mascarenotus murivorus).
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)
