Little Gull
Little Gull
Here the details of the Little Gull named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Larus minutus ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 3 p.702
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Laridae / Hydrocoloeus
Taxonomy Code: litgul
Type Locality: Rivers of Siberia and in Russia, restricted type locality, Beresov, Tobolsk, Siberia, fide Ridgway, op. cit., p. 650.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYDROCOLOEUS
(Laridae; † Little Gull H. minutus) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro- water- < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos water; κολοιος koloios bird variously identified as a Jackdaw or a type of web-footed bird, perhaps a cormorant; "2. Larus minutus, plumbiceps. ... 2. Dohlenmöve. Hydrocoloeus*). (Larus minutus et plumbiceps). E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Larus. Ch[arakter]. Möven mit braunem Kopf und weißen Flecken an den Augen. L[ebensart]. Sie leben von Insekten. ... *) ὑδορ, Wasser; κολοιος, Dohle. ... Uebersicht ... 243. Hydrocoloeus (L. minutus, plumbiceps)." (Kaup 1829); "Hydrocoloeus Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Eur. Thierw., pp. 113, 196, 1829—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 2nd ed., App., p. 15, 1841), Larus minutus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 253).
Var. Hydrocolaeus.
Synon. Gavia.
minutum / minutus
L. minutus little < minuere to make smaller (see also minuta).
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 124 (Anthoscopus).
● ex “Lesser Ibis” (= ☼) of Edwards 1764 (syn. Eudocimus ruber).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847, and “Little Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Little Brown Bittern” of Edwards 1760, and “Blongios” of Brisson 1760 (Ixobrychus).
● "62. MERGUS. ... minutus. 5. M. capite griseo lævi. Fn. svec. 115. Te wezel-coot. Alb. av. l. p. 84. t. 88. Habitat in Europa. In alis macula atra, antice & postice alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Mergellus albellus ♀).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).
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)