Starry Owlet-nightjar
Starry Owlet-nightjar
Here the details of the Starry Owlet-nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aegotheles insignis tatei Am.Mus.Novit. no.1102 p.10
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Aegothelidae / Aegotheles
Taxonomy Code: spaown1
Type Locality:
Author: Rand
Publish Year: 1941
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
DEFINITIONS
AEGOTHELES
(Aegothelidae; Ϯ Australian Owlet-nightjar A. cristatus) Gr. αιγοθηλας aigothēlas nightjar or goatsucker < αιξ aix, αιγος aigos goat; θηλαζω thēlazō to suckle; "Genus ÆGOTHELES Ϯ. Rostrum breve, crassiusculum, latissimum, basi depressum, tomiis integris, rictu amplissimo. Culmen carinatum, rotundatum, dertro unguiculato, subadunco. Mandibula inferior apice ad accipiendum superioris dertrum canaliculata. ... ϮAιγοθηλης, Caprimulgus. — We revive the Aristotelian name of the Goatsucker. The word, although originally conveying an erroneous meaning, has been translated into so many languages, and, as such, has become so identified with the birds of this family, that we feel no hesitation in applying it to the present group. ... We have hitherto met with but one species belonging to this form which seems confined to New Holland. 1. NOVÆ HOLLANDIÆ. ... Caprimulgus Novæ Hollandiæ. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 588. no. 18. Crested Goatsucker. Phillips's Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 270. This bird is called by the natives Teringing'." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Ægotheles Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, pt. 1, 1826, p. 194. Type, by monotypy, Caprimulgus novaehollandiae Latham = Caprimulgus cristatus White." (Peters 1940, IV, p. 181).
Var. Aegitholes, Egotheles, Oegotheles.
Synon. Euaegotheles, Megaegotheles.
tatei
Dr George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894-1953) English/US zoologist, Curator of Mammals AMNH 1946-1953, explorer, collector (Aegotheles, Aeronautes, Premnoplex).
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)