Wallace’s Owlet-nightjar
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
Here the details of the Wallace's Owlet-nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aegotheles wallacii Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)2 p.154
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Aegothelidae / Aegotheles
Taxonomy Code: waonig1
Type Locality: Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1859
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
wallaceana / wallaceanus / wallacei / wallaciana / wallacii
● Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) British zoologist, joint originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection, father of zoogeography, collector in Brazil and the East Indies (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, Aegotheles, Ceyx, syn. Ceyx azureus lessonii, subsp. Chalcophaps stephani, syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa, syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus, syn. Dicrurus paradiseus formosus, syn. Eos squamata, Eulipoa, Habroptila, Heleia, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Lonchura quinticolor, subsp. Mulleripicus fulvus, syn. Paradisaea apoda, subsp. Patagioenas plumbea, subsp. Picumnus aurifrons, subsp. Pipromorpha oleaginea, syn. Prioniturus platurus, subsp. Procnias albus, Ptilinopus, subsp. Schiffornis turdina, Semioptera, Sipodotus, subsp. Treron griseicauda).
● Maj. Robert Browne Wallace (1918-2002) US Army, businessman, philanthropist, environmentalist (Capito).
SUBSPECIES
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar (wallacii)
SCI Name: Aegotheles wallacii wallacii
wallaceana / wallaceanus / wallacei / wallaciana / wallacii
● Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) British zoologist, joint originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection, father of zoogeography, collector in Brazil and the East Indies (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, Aegotheles, Ceyx, syn. Ceyx azureus lessonii, subsp. Chalcophaps stephani, syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa, syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus, syn. Dicrurus paradiseus formosus, syn. Eos squamata, Eulipoa, Habroptila, Heleia, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Lonchura quinticolor, subsp. Mulleripicus fulvus, syn. Paradisaea apoda, subsp. Patagioenas plumbea, subsp. Picumnus aurifrons, subsp. Pipromorpha oleaginea, syn. Prioniturus platurus, subsp. Procnias albus, Ptilinopus, subsp. Schiffornis turdina, Semioptera, Sipodotus, subsp. Treron griseicauda).
● Maj. Robert Browne Wallace (1918-2002) US Army, businessman, philanthropist, environmentalist (Capito).
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar (gigas)
SCI Name: Aegotheles wallacii gigas
gigas
L. gigas, gigantis giant < Gr. γιγας gigas, γιγαντος gigantos giant.
● ex Ardea scolopacea J. Gmelin, 1789, and “Caráu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 366 (syn. Aramus guarauna).
● ex “Coucal Géant” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 223 (syn. Centropus phasianinus).
● ex “Touraco Géant” of Levaillant 1813-1818, pl. 19 (syn. Corythaeola cristata).
● ex “Coucou verdâtre de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Great Madagascar Cuckow” of Latham 1781 (Coua).
● ex “Plus grand Martin-pêcheur” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Great Brown Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (syn. Dacelo novaeguineae).
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar (manni)
SCI Name: Aegotheles wallacii manni
manni
Sir Alan Harbury Mann (1914-1970) Australian jurist, naturalist, collector, Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea (subsp. Aegotheles wallacii).
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)