Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle
Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle
Here the details of the Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Spilornis rufipectus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1857) (1857), Pt25 no.340 p.222
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Spilornis
Taxonomy Code: suseag1
Type Locality: vicinity of Macassar, Celebes.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPILORNIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Crested Serpent Eagle S. cheela) Gr. σπιλος spilos spot; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "The first [Haematornis holospilus] is spotted all over the body, the second [H. bacha] only on the abdomen; while the third [H. undulatus = Spilornis cheela] is marked by spots on the wing-coverts, and by ocelli bearing an undulated appearance on the abdomen, the breast also being crossed by undulating fasciæ" (Vigors 1832); "SPILORNIS, n. Hæmatornisb, Vigors. Falco, Shaw. S. Bacha, (Shaw,) n. Levaill. Ois. d'Afr., pl. 15. ... bPreviously used by Mr. Swainson." (G. Gray 1840); "Spilornis G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 3. Type, by original designation, Falco bacha Shaw; based on "Le Bacha" of Levaillant, ? 1797, Hist. Nast. Oiseaux Afrique, 1, p. 44, pl. 15 = Falco bassus J. R. Forster = Spilornis cheela subsp. ... Falco Bassus J. R. Forster, 1798, in Levaillant, Naturgeschichte Afr. Vögel, p. 55, pl. 15 — mountains of Great Namaqualand (corrected to Java by Sundevall, 1857, K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Acad. Handlingar, n.s., 2, no. 3, p. 25), is unidentifiable (cf. Gurney, 1878, Ibis, p. 100, and Stresemann, 1959, Journ. Ornith., 100, p. 355)." (Amadon in Peters 1979, 1, ed. 2, 311, 314).
Synon. Bacha, Haematornis, Hypaetos, Ophaetus.
rufipectus
L. rufus rufous, ruddy; pectus, pectoris breast.
SUBSPECIES
Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (rufipectus)
SCI Name: Spilornis rufipectus rufipectus
rufipectus
L. rufus rufous, ruddy; pectus, pectoris breast.
Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (sulaensis)
SCI Name: Spilornis rufipectus sulaensis
sulaense / sulaensis / sulana / sulanus
Sula Is., Moluccas, Indonesia.
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)