Leptotila Ochraceiventris Bird
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Leptotila Ochraceiventris Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Leptotila ochraceiventris Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 33 p.317
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Leptotila
Taxonomy Code: ocbdov1
Type Locality: Zaruma, 6000 feet, Prov. del Oro, Ecuador.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1914
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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.
ochraceiventer / ochraceiventris
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow ochre; L. venter, ventris belly.
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)
