Eskimo Curlew
Eskimo Curlew
Here the details of the Eskimo Curlew named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Scolopax borealis Philos.Trans. 62 p.411,431
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Numenius
Taxonomy Code: eskcur
Type Locality: Fort Albany, Hudson Bay.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1772
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
NUMENIUS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Eurasian Curlew N. arquata) Gr. νουμηνιος noumēnios bird mentioned by Hesychius, traditionally associated with the curlew by reason of its crescent-shaped bill < νουμηνια noumēnia new moon < νεος neos new; μηνη mēnē, μηνης mēnēs moon (cf. L. numen, numinis nodding with the head < nuere to nod, to consent); "Numenius. Genus 78. ... Genus Numenii ... Rostrum deorsum arcuatum ... **1. LE COURLY. ... NUMENIUS" (Brisson 1760): based on "Numenius" and "Arquata" of Gessner 1555, and other authors, and Scolopax Arquata Linnaeus, 1758; "Numenius Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 311. Type, by tautonymy, Numenius Brisson = Scolopax arquata Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 260); "Numenius Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 48, 5, p. 311, 1760—type, by tautonymy, "Numenius" Brisson = Scolopax torquata [sic] Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1948, XIII, 90).
Var. Neomenius, Numerius, Numineus, Neumenius.
Synon. Arquata, Cracticornis, Mesoscolopax, Micronumenius, Palnumenius, Phaeopus, Zarapita.
borealis
L. borealis northern < boreas north wind, north < Gr. βορεας boreas north wind, north. This epithet refers not only to northern latitudes but also to a distribution or range north of previously known forms.
● King George Bay, Alaska; ex “Boreal Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aphriza virgata).
● Carolina; ex “American Buzzard” of Latham 1781, and “Red-tailed Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (subsp. Buteo jamaicensis).
● Erroneous TL. Northern United States (= South Carolina) (Leuconotopicus).
● Erroneous TL. "Kamtschatka" (= Princes I., Java); ex “Rusty-headed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Orthotomus sepium).
● Erroneous TL. Iceland (= Norway) (subsp. Poecile montanus).
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)