Pseudastur Polionotus Bird
Pseudastur Polionotus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Asturina (Leucopternis) polionota Isis 40 col.212
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Pseudastur
Taxonomy Code: manhaw2
Type Locality: 'South America.'' Type from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Author: Kaup
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PSEUDASTUR
(Accipitridae; Ϯ White Hawk P. albicollis) Gr. ψευδος pseudos false; genus Astur de Lacépède, 1801, goshawk; "7. THRASAËTINÆ. Pseudastur, ‡ Thrasaëtus, Morphnus, Spizaëtus. ... ‡ Type, Falco pœcilonotus, Cuvier, v. F. scotopterus, Pr. Max. (Pl. Col. 9.)" (Blyth 1850); "Pseudastur Blyth, Cat. Bds. Mus. Asiat. Soc., p. 24, 1849 [or 1852]—type, by monotypy, Falco poecilonotus Temminck = Falco albicollis Latham." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1949, XIII, 169).
polionota / polionotum / polionotus
Gr. πολιος polios grey; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
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)