Double-banded Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Here the details of the Double-banded Sandgrouse named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pterocles bicinctus Hist.Nat.Pig.Gallin. 3 p.247,713
Taxonomy: Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles
Taxonomy Code: dobsan1
Type Locality: Great Fish River, Great Namaqualand.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1815
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTEROCLES
(Pteroclidae; Ϯ Pin-tailed Sandgrouse P. alchata) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs (in comp.) notable, splendid; "DISCOURS SUR LE GENRE GANGA. ... Le nom générique Pterocles, que je propose pour ce genre, indique que ces oiseaux ont dans la forme des ailes, quelque chose de particulier; et en effet, dans les genres nombreux dont l'ordre des Gallinacés est composé, les espèces de celui-ci et du genre suivant [Syrrhaptes] se distinguent, par la longueur de leurs ailes, dont la première rémige est la plus longue. ... GANGA UNIBANDE. Pterocles Arenarius ... GANGA BIBANDE. Pterocles bicinctus ... GANGA QUADRUBANDE. Pterocles quadricinctus ... GANGA CATA. Pterocles setarius ... GANGA VÉLOCIFER. Pterocles tachypetes" (Temminck 1815); "Pterocles Temminck, Pig. et Gall., 3, 1815, p. 238, 712. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao alchata Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63)." (Peters 1937, III, 3).
Var. Pteroctes, Pteroclis.
Synon. Attagen, Calopterocles, Coturnicoenas, Dilophilus, Eremialector, Ganga, Macleanornis, Namapterocles, Nyctiperdix, Oenas, Parapterocles, Psammoenas, Pteroclurus, Pterygocys.
pterocles
Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs notable, splendid.
bicincta / bicinctus
Mod. L. bicinctus double-banded, double-barred < L. bi- two-, double- < bis twice; cinctus girdled, banded < cingere to encircle.
SUBSPECIES
Double-banded Sandgrouse (ansorgei)
SCI Name: Pterocles bicinctus ansorgei
ansorgeanus / ansorgei / ansorgii
Prof. Dr William John Ansorge (1850-1913) British physician in Mauritius, Uganda and Nigeria, zoologist, collector, explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Acrocephalus rufescens, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Apalis rufogularis angolensis, syn. Apus caffer, subsp. Calendulauda sabota, syn. Chlorophoneus bocagei, syn. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Cisticola rufilatus, subsp. Criniger barbatus, Dyaphorophyia, syn. Eremomela atricollis, syn. Erythropygia leucophrys munda, subsp. Euplectes gierowii, syn. Euplectes progne delacouri, Eurillas, subsp. Indicator willcocksi, subsp. Lagonosticta rhodopareia, syn. Melaenornis infuscatus benguellensis, syn. Myioparus griseigularis, Nesocharis, syn. Numida meleagris reichenowi, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, subsp. Parisoma subcaeruleum, subsp. Parmoptila woodhousei, subsp. Plocepasser mahali, subsp. Prinia flavicans, subsp. Pterocles bicinctus, syn. Sarothrura rufa, subsp. Sylvia abyssinica, syn. Sylvia subcoerulea iohannis, subsp. Sylvietta rufescens, subsp. Tchagra australis, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Tricholaema hirsuta, Xenocopsychus).
Double-banded Sandgrouse (bicinctus)
SCI Name: Pterocles bicinctus bicinctus
bicincta / bicinctus
Mod. L. bicinctus double-banded, double-barred < L. bi- two-, double- < bis twice; cinctus girdled, banded < cingere to encircle.
Double-banded Sandgrouse (multicolor)
SCI Name: Pterocles bicinctus multicolor
multicolor
L. multicolor, multicoloris multi-coloured, many coloured < multus many; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Pic à cravate noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 863, “Pic à cravate noire” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Celeus torquatus).
● ex “Varied Shrike” of Latham 1822 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Petite Sarcelle de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (?syn. Dendrocygna sp.).
● ex “Red-bellied Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Petroica).
● ex “Figuier noir et jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 2, “Figuier noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous and black Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “White-collared Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus).
● ex “Harlequin Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (unident.).
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)