Orthonyx Spaldingii Bird
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Orthonyx Spaldingii Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Orthonix spaldingii MorningHerald[Sydney] p.4
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Orthonychidae / Orthonyx
Taxonomy Code: chowch1
Type Locality: northeastern coast of Australia.
Author: Ramsay, EP
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ORTHONYX
(Orthonychidae; Ϯ Australian Logrunner O. temminckii) Gr. ορθος orthos straight; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw; "ONGUICULÉ, Orthonyx. (Temm.) ... Ongles plus longs que les doigts, forts, peu arqués, cannelés latéralement" (Temminck 1820); "Orthonyx Temminck, 1820, Man. Orn., éd. 2, 1, p. 81. No species; generic details only. Type, by subsequent designation (Ranzani, 1822, Elem. Zool., 3, p. 19), Orthonyx temminckii Ranzani." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 228).
Var. Orthonix.
Synon. Macrorthonyx, Papuorthonyx.
orthonyx
Gr. ορθος orthos straight; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw.
spaldingi / spaldingii
Edward Spalding (1836-1900) Australian taxidermist, collector (subsp. Melloria quoyi, Orthonyx).
SUBSPECIES
Chowchilla (melasmenus)
Latin Name: Orthonyx spaldingii melasmenus
melasmenus
Gr. μελασμος melasmos black spot, black dye < μελας melas, μελανος melanos black.
Chowchilla (spaldingii)
Latin Name: Orthonyx spaldingii spaldingii
spaldingi / spaldingii
Edward Spalding (1836-1900) Australian taxidermist, collector (subsp. Melloria quoyi, Orthonyx).
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)
