Lava Gull
Lava Gull
Here the details of the Lava Gull named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Larus fuliginosus Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt15 p.141
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Laridae / Leucophaeus
Taxonomy Code: lavgul1
Type Locality: James Island, Galdpagos Archipelago.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
leucophaeus
Gr. λευκοφαιος leukophaios whitish-grey, ash-coloured.
● ex “Drongri” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 170 (Dicrurus).
Leucophaeus
(syn. Larus Ϯ Dolphin Gull L. scoresbii) Gr. λευκοφαιος leukophaios whitish-grey, ash-coloured < λευκος leukos white; φαιος phaios dusky (cf. λευκοφαης leukophaēs gleaming white); "XII. Leucophaeus Bp. Schmuckmöven. Gefieder dunkel, gegen den Schwanz hin lichter werdend. Schnabel und Füsse dick und stark. Schwimmhäute stark ausgeschnitten. 62) haematorhynchus King. Süd-America." (Bruch 1853); "212. Leucophaeus, Bp. 1852. (Leucophaius. - Larus, part., Gr.) Rostrum robustissimum: pedes validi; membrana interdigitali profunde excisa; halluce brevissimo, ungue obtuso. Alae elongatae; remigibus nigris: cauda aequalis. Color obscurus, caudam versus dilutior. Analogiam cum PROCELLARIIDIS et cum LAREO genere BLASIPA praebet. Am. m. occ. 3. 1. LARUS scoresbii, Trail. (haematorhynchus, King. ... *2. LARUS fuliginosus, Gould. (Adelarus neptunus, Bp. in litt. adult - Ad. belcheri, p. Bruch. - Ad. fuliginosus, Bp. 1854. - Leucophaes fuliginosus, Bp.) ... 3. LARUS belcheri, Vig. 1829." (Bonaparte 1857); "Leucophaeus (Bonaparte MS.) Bruch, Journ. Orn., 1, p. 108, 1853—type, by monotypy, Larus haematorhynchus King = Larus scoresbii Traill." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 251). Var. Leucophaius, Leucophoeus.
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus sooty, covered with soot < L. fuligo, fuliginis soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).
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)