Ixobrychus Sturmii Bird
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Ixobrychus Sturmii Bird
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Protonym: Ardea Sturmii Syst.Av. Ardea [p.191] sp.37
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Ixobrychus
Taxonomy Code: dwabit1
Type Locality: Senegambia.
Author: Wagler
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
IXOBRYCHUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Little Bittern I. minutus) Gr. ιξιας ixias reed-like plant (cf. ιξος ixos mistletoe); βρυχομαι brukhomai to bellow (cf. βρυχω brukhō to gnash the teeth); "G. 74. IXOBRYCHUS **), Sv. Rördrom. 1. minutus: ... Nidificat in arundinetis, et ova 5-6 alba ponir. Timidus clamat: gäck, gäck, gäck, gäck! ... 2. stellaris: ... Hab. in locis paludosis arundinetis, passim ... Volitans alte clamat, fere ut Corvus: kroah! in terra vero mas murmurat sona violente; huh, huh ter sexies. ... ** Hab. genere fere Ardeæ; sed collo plus minusve crassiore femoribusque plerumque parum nudis. N. gen. e graecis vocis Iξος arundo, et βρυχω fremo desumtum." (Billberg 1828); "Ixobrychus Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scand., 1, pt. 2, 1828, p. 166. Type, by subsequent designation, Ardea minuta Linné. (Stone, Auk, 24, 1907, p. 192.)" (Peters 1931, I, 120).
Synon. Ardeiralla, Ardetta, Dupetor, Erodiscus, Erythrophoyx, Nannocnus, Xanthocnus.
sturmii
Johann Heinrich Christian Friedrich Sturm (1805-1862) German bird artist, collector (Ixobrychus, Pteroglossus).
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)
