Callipepla Squamata Bird
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Callipepla Squamata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ortyx squamatus Zool.J. 5 p.275
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Callipepla
Taxonomy Code: scaqua
Type Locality: Mexico.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CALLIPEPLA
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Scaled Quail C. squamata) Gr. καλλιπεπλος kallipeplos beautifully clad < καλλος kallos beauty < καλος kalos beautiful; πεπλος peplos robe; "A. Gallinae terrestres. Genus Callipepla, Wagl. Schuppenhuhn. (Genus novum.) ... In der Vorausfetzung, daß andere Gattungen dieser Sippe theilweise wenigstens, ein schuppenartiges Gefieder haben möchten, habe ich diese mit dem Namen "Schuppenhuhn" belegt. Species: Callipepla strenua. Wagl." (Wagler 1832); "Callipepla Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 277. Type, by monotypy, Callipepla strenua Wagler = Ortyx squamatus Vigors." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 44).
Synon. Lophortyx.
squamata
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
● ex “Lori de Guéby” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 684, “Lori rouge et violet” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Gueby Lory” of Latham 1781 (Eos).
SUBSPECIES
Scaled Quail (hargravei)
Latin Name: Callipepla squamata hargravei
hargravei
Dr Lyndon Lane Hargrave (1896-?1978) US anthropologist, ethnobiologist, ornithologist with Arizona National Parks Service, Director of Mus. of Northern Arizona (syn. Callipepla squamata, subsp. Corvus brachyrhynchos).
Scaled Quail (pallida)
Latin Name: Callipepla squamata pallida
pallida
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
Scaled Quail (squamata)
Latin Name: Callipepla squamata squamata
squamata
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
● ex “Lori de Guéby” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 684, “Lori rouge et violet” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Gueby Lory” of Latham 1781 (Eos).
Scaled Quail (castanogastris)
Latin Name: Callipepla squamata castanogastris
castanogastris
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; gaster, gasteris belly.
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)
