Nkulengu Rail
Nkulengu Rail
Here the details of the Nkulengu Rail named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Himantornis haematopus J.Orn. 3 p.357
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Himantornis
Taxonomy Code: nkurai1
Type Locality: Dabocrom, Gold Coast.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HIMANTORNIS
(Rallidae; Ϯ Nkúlengú Rail H. haematopus) Genus Himantopus Brisson 1760, stilt; Gr. ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; alluding to the long carmine-red legs of the Nkúlengú Rail; "18. Himantornis haematopus Temm. Supra olivacei-brunnescens, plumis omnibus medio nigricantibus, margine pallidis; colli et pilei plumis concoloribus; colli lateribus et gula brunneo-albidis; subtus dilute olivascens, plumis omnibus late cinerascente-marginatis; remigibus et cauda brevi fuscis; subalaribus albo-variegatis; iride et pedibus laete rubris, rostro viridi, apice pallidiore; unguibus albis. ... Foem. paullo minor. Dabocrom. Stehe im System bei Tribonyx." (Hartlaub 1855); "Himantornis Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn., 3, 1855, p. 357. Type, by monotypy, Himantornis haematopus Hartlaub." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 179).
Var. Himanthornis, Haematornis.
Synon. Psammocrex.
HAEMATOPUS
(Haematopodidae; Ϯ Eurasian Oystercatcher H. ostralegus) L. haematopus, haematopodis blood-foot < Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "81. HÆMATOPUS. Rostrum compressum: apice cuneo æquali. Pedes tridactyli, fissi." (Linnaeus 1758): ex "Haematopus" of Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Linnaeus 1745, and Linnaeus 1746, and "Sea-Pie" of Willughby 1676, Ray 1713, and Albin 1731-1738; "Hæmatopus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 152. Type, by monotypy, Haematopus ostralegus Linné." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 231). Linnaeus's Haematopus comprised a single species.
Var. Himatopus, Hoematopus, Haemantopus, Haemotopus.
Synon. Melanibyx, Ostralega, Ostralegus, Palostralegus, Prohaematopus.
haematopus
L. haematopus, haematopodis blood-foot < Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
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)