Cape Griffon
Cape Griffon
Here the details of the Cape Griffon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vultur Coprotheres Naturgesch.Afr.Vog.[Levaillant] p.35 pl.10
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Gyps
Taxonomy Code: capgri1
Type Locality: South Africa.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1798
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
GYPS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Griffon Vulture G. fulvus) Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture; "1. GYPS. Bec gros: cire compacte: narines simples, transverses; langue bordée d'aiguillons; quatorze rectrices. ... GENRE 1, GYPS. ... ESPÈCE. 1. GYPS vulgaris. Le Griffon." (de Savigny 1809): based on γυψ or vultur of all the ancient authors, and Vultur fulvus Gmelin; "Gyps Savigny, Descr. Égypte, Ois. 1, 1809, p. 68, 71. Type, by monotypy, Gyps vulgaris Savigny = Vultur fulvus Hablizl." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 261).
Var. Cyps.
Synon. Pseudogyps.
gyps
Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture (syn. Gyps coprotheres).
coprotheres
Gr. κοπρος kopros dung; -θηρας -thēras -hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal.
● ex “Chasse-Fiente,” hunter of droppings, of Levaillant 1796, pl. 10 (Gyps).
● (?syn. Stercorarius parasiticus).
Coprotheres
(Stercorariidae; syn. Stercorarius † Pomarine Skua S. pomarinus) Gr. κοπρος kopros dung; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "Genera et Species typicae. ... Fam. III. LESTRINAE. ... 1. *Coprotheres RAY. pomarinus (Larus — Temm.) Rchb. Tab. V. "Lestris" fig. dextra caudae. — Ic. Av. t. 52. ic. 328—329." (Reichenbach 1853); "Coprotheres Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vögel, p. v, 1852 (1853). Type (by original designation): Larus = (Lestris) pomarinus Temminck." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 151).
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)