Pulsatrix Melanota Bird

Pulsatrix Melanota Bird
English Name:  
Latin Name:  
Protonym:  Noctua melanota Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.266
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Pulsatrix
Taxonomy Code:  babowl1
Type Locality:  Peru.
Author:  von Tschudi
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PULSATRIX
	(Strigidae; Ϯ Spectacled Owl P. perspicillata pulsatrix) Specific name Strix pulsatrix zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820; "Gen. Syrnium Sav. (1809.)  ...  d) Subg. Pulsatrix, Kp.  14. torquatum Daud., Vaill. t. 42., superciliosa Shaw. Gen. Zool. pl. 32., pulsatrix Pr. Max. ? Subspecies, perspicillata Lath. (juv.) Vaill. t. 44.   S.-Am." (Kaup 1848); "Subgenus. Pulsatrix, Kp.  Ohröffnung kleiner als das orangefarbige Auge und ohne Operculum. Schnabel stark, so hoch wie lang. Zehen bis zu den Nägeln befiedert. 1ste bis zur 5ten mehr nach der Wurzel hin ausgeschnitten.  14. Syrnium torquatum, Kp." (Kaup 1851); "Pulsatrix Kaup, Isis von Oken, 1848, col. 771. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Strix torquata Daudin = Strix perspicillata Latham." (Peters 1940, IV, 124).
	Synon. Novipulsatrix.
pulsatrix
	Mod. L. pulsatrix, pulsatricis  female attacker  < Med. L. pulsator, pulsatoris  attacker  < L. pulsator, pulsatoris  beater  < pulsare  to beat  < pellere  to strike.
melanota / melanotha
	Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.
SUBSPECIES
Band-bellied Owl (melanota)
Latin Name: Pulsatrix melanota melanota
melanota / melanotha
	Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.
Band-bellied Owl (philoscia)
Latin Name: Pulsatrix melanota philoscia
philoscia
	Gr. φιλοσκιος philoskios  fond of the shade  < φιλος philos  loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love; σκια skia  shade.
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)
 
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