Amaurornis Magnirostris Bird
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Amaurornis Magnirostris Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Amaurornis magnirostris Bull.Br.Orn.Club 118 p.67-82 pl.2
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Amaurornis
Taxonomy Code: talbuh1
Type Locality:
Author: Lambert
Publish Year: 1998
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
AMAURORNIS
(Rallidae; † Philippine Bush-hen A. olivacea) Gr. αμαυρος amauros dark; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Genera et Species typicae. ... *Amaurornis Rchb. olivacea (Gallin. — Meyen). Ic. Av. t. 192. ic. 1112—13." (Reichenbach 1853); "Amaurornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vög. p. xxi, 1852 (1853). Type (by original designation): Gallinula olivacea Meyen." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 95).
Var. Amaurormis.
Synon. Aenigmatolimnas, Erythra, Oenolimnas, Pisynolimnas.
magnirostre / magnirostris
L. magnus great; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (Galerida).
● ex “Épervier à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 464, and “Great-billed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Rupornis).
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)
