Ludwig’s Bustard
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Ludwig's Bustard
Here the details of the Ludwig's Bustard named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis Ludwigii Mus.Senckenb. 2 p.223 pl.14
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Neotis
Taxonomy Code: ludbus1
Type Locality: South Africa.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
NEOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Ludwig's Bustard N. ludwigii) Gr. νεος neos new, different; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "NEOTIS, gen. n. Simile generi "Lissotis" dicto, sed rostro longiore, culmine digitum medium cum ungue excedente. Typus est Neotis ludwigi (Rüpp.)" (Sharpe 1893).
ludwigii
Karl Ferdinand Heinrich Freiherr von Ludwig (1784-1847) German botanist, collector in South Africa 1805-1847 (Dicrurus, Neotis, subsp. Scleroptila levaillantoides).
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)
