Laterallus Leucopyrrhus Bird

Laterallus Leucopyrrhus Bird

Laterallus Leucopyrrhus Bird

English Name:  Red-and-white Crake
Latin Name:  Laterallus leucopyrrhus
Protonym:  Rallus leucopyrrhus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 28 p.550
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Laterallus
Taxonomy Code:  rawcra1
Type Locality:  Paraguay, ex Azara.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1819
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LATERALLUS
(Rallidae; Ϯ Rufous-sided Crake L. melanophaius) Portmanteau of specific combination Rallus lateralis (Lichtenstein, 1823) (= syn. Laterallus melanophaius) (see Crybastus); "d. Laterallus, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854 (nom. nud.)); "1997. LATERALLUS, Pr. B. 1854. (Rallus melanophaia, Vieill.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Laterallus "Pr. B." G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 120. Type, by monotypy, Rallus melanophaius Vieillot." (Peters 1934, II, 189).
Var. Lateiallus.
Synon. Corethura, Creciscus, Crybastus, Donacophilus, Laterirallus, Limnocrex, Thryocrex.

leucopyrrhus
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire (cf. λευκοπυρρος leukopurrhos  pale-red).
● ex “Ypacahá pardo-acanelado y blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805 (Laterallus).