Haematortyx Sanguiniceps Bird

Haematortyx Sanguiniceps Bird

Haematortyx Sanguiniceps Bird

English Name:  Crimson-headed Partridge
Latin Name:  Haematortyx sanguiniceps
Protonym:  Haematortyx sanguiniceps Ibis p.266
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae / Haematortyx
Taxonomy Code:  crhpar1
Type Locality:  Lawas River, Borneo.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1879
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HAEMATORTYX
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Crimson-headed Partridge H. sanguiniceps) Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; "HEMATORTYX, gen. n.   Genus affine generi Rollulo, sed hallucis ungue majore, pilei crista minore et aliter formata, crista nuchali obsoleta, frontisque crinibus absentibus distinguendum.  Typus est HÆMATORTYX SANGUINICEPS, sp. n." (Sharpe 1879); "Haematortyx Sharpe, 1879, Ibis, p. 266.  Type, by original designation, Haematortyx sanguiniceps Sharpe, 1879." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Hematortyx (original spelling).

sanguiniceps
L. sanguis, sanguinis  blood; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.