Frances’s Sparrowhawk
Frances's Sparrowhawk
Here the details of the Frances's Sparrowhawk named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Accipiter Francesii S.Afr.Q.J.(2) -2 p.280
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Accipiter
Taxonomy Code: fragos2
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1834
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ACCIPITER
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Eurasian Sparrowhawk A. nisus) L. accipiter, accipitris hawk < accipere to grasp (the original meaning was “to understand” rather than “to seize”) (cf. Med. L. accipiter Sparrowhawk; ancipiter Goshawk; "another possible origin is from the Greek aci for 'swift' and pertrum [?πτερον] for 'wing'." (Clark & Davies 2018)); "Accipiter. Genus 8. ... Les femelles des Oiseaux de ce genre sont plus grandes que leurs mâles. Elles sont aussi mieux faites, plus fortes & plus courageuses. Pour cette raison on appelle les mâles Tiercelets; parce qu'ils sont d'environ un tiers plus petits que leurs femelles. ... **1. L'EPERVIER. ... ACCIPITER." (Brisson 1760): based on "Accipiter minor" of Gessner 1555, "Accipiter fringillarius" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nisus" of Willughby 1676, and Sibbald 1684, and numerous other references; "Accipiter Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 28, 310. Type, by tautonymy, Accipiter Brisson = Falco nisus Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, 205).
Synon. Aerospiza, Aesalon, Asterias, Astur, Chirospizias, Cooperastur, Daedalion, Dinospizias, Erythrospiza, Eunisus, Eusparvius, Hieraspiza, Ierax, Leptohierax, Leucospiza, Lophospiza, Neonisus, Nisastur, Nisuoides, Nisus, Paraspizias, Phabotypus, Scelospiza, Sparvius, Spilospiza, Tachyspiza, Teraspiza, Urospiza.
francesiae
Lady Henrietta Frances Cole née Harris (1784-1847) wife of Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Gov. of Cape Colony 1828-1833 (Accipiter).
SUBSPECIES
Frances's Sparrowhawk (francesiae)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae francesiae
francesiae
Lady Henrietta Frances Cole née Harris (1784-1847) wife of Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Gov. of Cape Colony 1828-1833 (Accipiter).
Frances's Sparrowhawk (griveaudi)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae griveaudi
griveaudi
Dr Paul Griveaud (1907-1980) French entomologist, resident in Madagascar (subsp. Accipiter francesiae, subsp. Cypsiurus parvus, Treron).
Frances's Sparrowhawk (pusillus)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae pusillus
pusillum / pusillus
L. pusillus tiny, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Chevechette” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 46 (syn. Glaucidium passerinum).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (Merops).
● ex “Barbion” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogoniulus).
● ex "Lesser Black Promerops" of Latham 1822 (syn. Scoptelus aterrimus).
● ex “Sucrion” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 298 (Cinnyris artefact).
Frances's Sparrowhawk (brutus)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae brutus
brutus
L. brutus heavy, weighty (cf. Late L. brutus blunt, stupid).
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)