Somali Ostrich
Somali Ostrich
Here the details of the Somali Ostrich named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Struthio molybdophanes Mitt.Orn. p.202
Taxonomy: Struthioniformes / Struthionidae / Struthio
Taxonomy Code: ostric3
Type Locality: Somaliland.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
STRUTHIO
(Struthionidae; Ϯ Common Ostrich S. camelus) L. struthiocamelus ostrich (“camel bird,” because of its size and cursorial habits) < Gr. στρουθοκαμηλος strouthokamēlos or στρουθος strouthos (the latter usually applied to small, sparrow-like birds, but here used in the sense of THE (great) bird) (L. passer marinus (often abbreviated to passer) ostrich (because it was imported by sea)) (cf. Late L. struthio or struthius ostrich); "86. STRUTHIO. Rostrum conicum. Alæ ad volandum ineptæ." (Linnaeus 1758); "Struthio Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 155. Type, by subsequent designation, Struthio camelus Linné. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63.)" (Peters 1931, I, 3). Linnaeus's Struthio comprised four species (S. Camelus, S. Casuarius, S. americanus, S. cucullatus). The Common or African Ostrich formerly occurred in the deserts of Arabia and the Middle East, but has not been seen there since 1940.
Synon. Megaloscelornis, Pachystruthio, Palaeostruthio, Struthiolithus.
struthio
Late L. struthio, struthionis ostrich or any large bird < L. struthiocamelus ostrich < Gr. στρουθοκαμηλος strouthokamēlos ostrich.
molybdophanes
Gr. μολυβδοφανης molubdophanēs lead-coloured < μολυβδος molubdos lead; -φανης -phanēs showing, appearance < φαινω phainō to show.
Molybdophanes
(Threskiornithidae; syn. Theristicus † Plumbeous Ibis T. caerulescens) Gr. μολυβδοφανης molubdophanēs lead-coloured < μολυβδος molubdos lead; -φανης -phanēs showing, appearance < φαινω phainō to show; "Genera et Species typicae. ... δ. *Molybdophanes Rchb. coerulescens (Ibis — Vieill.) R. Ic. Av. t. 139. ic. 524." (Reichenbach 1853); "Molybdophanes Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XIV. Type, by original designation, Ibis caerulescens Vieillot, 1817." (JAJ 2020).
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)