Porzana Spiloptera Bird

English Name:  Dot-winged Crake
Latin Name:  Porzana spiloptera
Protonym:  Porzana spiloptera Ibis p.194 pl.3
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porzana
Taxonomy Code:  dowcra1
Type Locality:  Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Author:  Durnford
Publish Year:  1877
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

PORZANA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Spotted Crake P. porzana) Specific name Rallus porzana Linnaeus, 1766; "241. PORZANE, Porzana.  Rallus, Fulica, Lin. Gm.  Gallinula, Lath.  Bec plus court que la tête, épais à la base, droit, atténué et comprimé vers le bout, pointu; mandibule supérieure couvrant un peu les bords de l'inférieure. — Doigts totalement libres.  Esp. Marouette, Buff." (Vieillot 1816);"Porzana Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 61. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Marouette of Buffon = Rallus porzana Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 182).
Synon. Galeolimnas, Mustelirallus.

porzana
Local Venetian names Porzana, Sforzana and Sporzana for the smaller crakes; ex “Gallinula ochra” of Gessner 1555, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Porzana minor” of Aldrovandus 1599, and “Rallus aquaticus minor” or “Maruetta” of Brisson 1760 (Porzana).

spiloptera / spilopterus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Spiloptera
(syn. Elachura Ϯ Spotted Elachura E. formosa) Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; πτερον pteron  feather; "The next species has been separated by Mr. Blyth as a distinct form or sub-genus under the name of Spiloptera. It differs from true Troglodytes by its shorter and deeper bill, and by the spotted, in place of barred, character of its plumage.   334. Troglodytes punctatus, BLYTH.  ...  THE SPOTTED WREN" (Jerdon 1862); "Spiloptera Jerdon (ex Blyth MS), 1862, (subgenus of Troglodytes Vieillot), Birds India, 1. p. 492. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Troglodytes punctatus Blyth [ = Troglodytes formosus Walden]. Not Spiloptera Zetterstedt, 1860, Diptera." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 295) (see Elachura).