Laterallus Spilonota Bird
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Laterallus Spilonota Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Zapornia spilonota Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt15 p.132 pl.49
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Laterallus
Taxonomy Code: galrai1
Type Locality: Ovalau, Fiji Islands.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
LATERALLUS
(Rallidae; Ϯ Rufous-sided Crake L. melanophaius) Portmanteau of specific combination Rallus lateralis (Lichtenstein, 1823) (= syn. Laterallus melanophaius) (see Crybastus); "d. Laterallus, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854 (nom. nud.)); "1997. LATERALLUS, Pr. B. 1854. (Rallus melanophaia, Vieill.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Laterallus "Pr. B." G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 120. Type, by monotypy, Rallus melanophaius Vieillot." (Peters 1934, II, 189).
Var. Lateiallus.
Synon. Corethura, Creciscus, Crybastus, Donacophilus, Laterirallus, Limnocrex, Thryocrex.
spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
Gr. σπιλος spilos spot; -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)
