New Zealand Bittern
New Zealand Bittern
Here the details of the New Zealand Bittern named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ardeola Novoe Zelandioe Trans.N.Z.Inst. 3 p.99
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Ixobrychus
Taxonomy Code: nezbit1
Type Locality: Westland, South Island, New Zealand.
Author: Purdie
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Extinct
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.
novaezealandiae / novaezeelandiae / novaezelandiae
L. novus new; Mod. L. Zeelandia Zeeland, Netherlands; i.e. New Zealand (also New Zeeland or New Zeland, which received its name from the explorer Abel Tasman who explored the west coast in 1642, naming it Nova Zeelanda after his Dutch home).
● ex “Pacific Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Cyanoramphus).
● Erroneous TL New Zealand (= probably Brazil) (syn. Megascops watsonii).
● Erroneous TL. New Zealand (= Falkland Islands) (syn. Phalcoboenus australis).
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)