Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Here the details of the Sri Lanka Frogmouth named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Batrachostomus moniliger J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 18 p.806
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Podargidae / Batrachostomus
Taxonomy Code: ceyfro1
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BATRACHOSTOMUS
(Podargidae; Ϯ Large Frogmouth B. auritus) Gr. βατραχος batrakhos frog; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth. "Rostrum capite latius ad apicem abrupte acuminatum deflexum, maxilla inverse spatulæformis, culmine carinato" (Horsfield 1821); "Its characters are like those of Podargus Javanensis of Dr Horsfield, having many long loose feathers proceeding horizontally from the root of the upper mandible, which gives the bird a singular and grotesque appearance" (J. Gray 1829); "Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum latius, ac magis depressum quam in genere Podargus dicto, (cui generi hoc approximat) culmine minus carinato. Nares tubulares, transversim positæ et penicillis tectæ. Oculi superne cute nuda late marginati, et cristulis plumosis, altera superciliari, altera infra-oculari, postice spectantibus instructi. Alæ quam in Podargo longiores, remigibus quarto, quinto, sexto et septimo longissimis et inter se fere æqualibus. Cauda mediocris et rotundata. Tarsi digitique non tantum breviores sed debiliores quam in Podargo; tarsi antice per dimidium plumosi. BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. ... It is a native of Sumatra, Malacca, &c. ... but nothing whatever is known as to its habits or economy."(Gould 1838); "Batrachostomus Gould, Icones Av., pt. 2, 1838, pl. [17] and text. Type, by monotypy, Podargus auritus J. E. Gray." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 177).
Var. Batraeostomus.
Synon. Bombycistoma, Otothrix.
monileger / monilegera / moniliger / moniligera / moniligerus
L. monile, monilis necklace, collar; -ger carrying < gerere to carry.
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)