Doria’s Goshawk

Doria\'s Goshawk / Megatriorchis doriae

Doria's Goshawk

Here the details of the Doria's Goshawk named bird below:

SCI Name:  Megatriorchis doriae
Protonym:  Megatriorchis doriae Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7 p.805
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae /
Taxonomy Code:  dorgos1
Type Locality:  Yule Island, New Guinea.
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Publish Year:  1876
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DEFINITIONS

MEGATRIORCHIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Doria's Goshawk M. doriae) Gr. μεγας megas,  μεγαλη megalē  great; τριορχης triorkhēs  hawk  < τρεις treis, τρια tria  three; ορχις orkhis  testicle (see Triorchis); "Il Megatriorchis doriae ha tutte le dimensioni, tranne quelle delle ali, molto maggiori di quelle dell'Astur palumbarius" (Salvadori & d'Albertis 1876).

doriae
Giacomo Marchese Doria (1840-1913) Italian naturalist, founder of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa, sponsor, explorer (subsp. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Locustella certhiolaMegatriorchis, syn. Sylvia nana).