Leptotila Megalura Bird

English Name:  Large-tailed Dove
Latin Name:  Leptotila megalura
Protonym:  Leptoptila megalura Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.640
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Leptotila
Taxonomy Code:  latdov1
Type Locality:  Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1879
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LEPTOTILA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Caribbean Dove L. jamaicensis) Gr. λεπτος leptos  slender; πτιλον ptilon  feather; "Leptotila, Sw. (fig. 299.b, c. 300.b)  First quill suddenly narrowed; the fourth longest.  Tarsus lengthened, and much longer than the hallux.  All the toes long and slender.  Knees naked.  America only?   P. rufaxilla.  Nat. Lib. v. pl. 24." (Swainson 1837); "Leptotila Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 349. Type, by monotypy, P. rufaxilla Nat. Libr., 5, pl. 24 = Peristera rufaxilla Selby (not of Richard and Bernard) = Columba jamaicensis Linné." (Peters 1937, III, 122).   
Var. Leoptotila, Leptoptila, Leptophila.   
Synon. Aechmoptila, Engyptila, Homoptila.

megalura
Gr. μεγαλως megalōs  exceedingly  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.