Urotriorchis Macrourus Bird

English Name:  Long-tailed Hawk
Latin Name:  Urotriorchis macrourus
Protonym:  Astur macrourus J.Orn. 3 p.353
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Urotriorchis
Taxonomy Code:  lothaw1
Type Locality:  Dabocrom, Gold Coast.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

UROTRIORCHIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Long-tailed Hawk U. macrourus) Gr. ουρα oura  tail; τριορχης triorkhēs  hawk, buzzard  < τρεις treis, τρια tria  three; ορχις orkhis  testicle (see Triorchis); "cauda valde elongata, cuneata" (Hartlaub 1855); "d''''. Outer toe longer than inner toe without claw; thighs with overhanging tuft of plumes; tail longer than wing. . . .10. UROTRIORCHIS, p. 83.  ...  19. UROTRIORCHIS*.  ...  1. Urotriorchis macrurus.  ... * ουρα, cauda, τριορχης, avis accipitrina." (Sharpe 1874).
Var. Urotriorhis.

macroura / macrouros / macrourus / macrura
Gr. μακρος makros  long; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Coliou de l’isle Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Long-tailed Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Emberizoides herbicola).
● ex “Guainumbi” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Mellivora avis maxima” of Sloane 1725, “Mellisuga cayenensis, cauda bifurca” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à longue queue couleur d’acier brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cayenne forktailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Eupetomena).
● ex "Long-tailed Grosbeak" of Latham 1783 (Euplectes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Kittacincla malabarica).
● ex “Petite Fauvette tachetée du cap de bonne espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 2, and “Great-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Coliou hupé du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Urocolius).
● "92. COLUMBA.  ...  macroura.  16. C. cauda cuneiformi longa, pectore purpurascente.  Columba macroura. Edw. av. 15. t. 15.  Palumbus migratorius. Catesb. car. I. p. 23. t. 23 [= Ectopistes].  Habitat in Canada; hybernat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1758) (Zenaida).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleue de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (unident.).