Egretta Vinaceigula Bird

Egretta Vinaceigula Bird

Egretta Vinaceigula Bird

English Name:  Slaty Egret
Latin Name:  Egretta vinaceigula
Protonym:  Melanophoyx vinaceigula Bull.Br.Orn.Club 5 p.11,13
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Egretta
Taxonomy Code:  slaegr1
Type Locality:  Potchefstroom, Transvaal.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1895
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

EGRETTA
(Ardeidae; Little Egret E. garzetta) French Aigrette  egret  < dim. Provençal Aigron  heron; "EGRETTA GARZETTA?  The Egret?" (T. Forster 1817); "Egretta T. Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Bds., 1817, p. 59.  Type, by monotypy, Ardea garzetta Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 110).   
Var. Egetta.   
Synon. Demigretta, Dichromanassa, Erodius, Florida, Garzetta, Glaucerodius, Hemiegretta, Hemigarzetta, Herodias, Hydranassa, Lepterodas, Leucophoyx, Melanophoyx, Notophoyx.

egretta
French Aigrette  egret  < dim. Provençal Aigron  heron.
● ex “Guiratinga” of Ray 1713, “Grande Aigrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925, “Grande Aigrette” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Great Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (subsp. Ardea alba).

vinaceigula
L. vinaceus  vinaceous  < vinum, vini  wine; gula  throat.