Geophaps Scripta Bird
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Geophaps Scripta Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Columba scripta Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.127
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Geophaps
Taxonomy Code: squpig1
Type Locality: Shoalwater Bay, lat. 22° S., Queensland.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GEOPHAPS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Squatter Pigeon G. scripta) Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; φαψ phaps, φαβος phabos pigeon; "[APPENDIX] 75. ... Phaps, near this genus add GEOPHAPS, Gould (1842). G. scripta (Temm.), Gould." (G. Gray 1842); "Mr. Gould next instituted a new genus among the Columbidæ, under the appellation of Genus GEOPHAPS ... Rostrum perbreve et robustum. Oculi cute denudata circumdati. Alæ perbreves et rotundatæ, apicibus latis. Tarsi mediocres digitis longiores. Digitus internus paululum cæteris longior." (Gould 1842); "Geophaps "Gould" G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, App., 1 Mar., 1842, p. 12.1 Type, by original designation, G. scripta (Temm.) = Columba scripta Temminck. ... 1 The name was first published by Gould in Bds. Austr., pt. 7, 1 June, 1842." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 119).
Synon. Lophophaps, Terraphaps.
scripta
L. scriptus drawn, written < scribere to write.
SUBSPECIES
Squatter Pigeon (peninsulae)
Latin Name: Geophaps scripta peninsulae
peninsulae
L. paeninsulae or peninsulae peninsulas < paeninsula or peninsula peninsula < paene nearly, almost; insula island.
● Indian peninsula, southern India (subsp. Accipiter trivirgatus).
● Malay peninsula, Malaysia/Thailand (Siam) (Alcedo, syn. Garrulax leucolophus diardi, syn. Garrulax lugubris, Trochalopteron).
● Florida, USA (subsp. Ammospiza maritima).
● Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Cardinalis sinuata, subsp. Contopus sordidulus).
● Kamchatka, Far East Region, Russia (syn. Cuculus saturatus).
● Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia (syn. Fregata minor palmerstoni, subsp. Geophaps scripta, subsp. Pachycephala griseiceps).
● Korea (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes dauricus).
Squatter Pigeon (scripta)
Latin Name: Geophaps scripta scripta
scripta
L. scriptus drawn, written < scribere to write.
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)
