Talaud Bush-hen

Talaud Bush-hen / Amaurornis magnirostris

Talaud Bush-hen

Here the details of the Talaud Bush-hen named bird below:

SCI Name:  Amaurornis magnirostris
Protonym:  Amaurornis magnirostris Bull.Br.Orn.Club 118 p.67-82 pl.2
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae /
Taxonomy Code:  talbuh1
Type Locality:  
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Publish Year:  1998
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DEFINITIONS

AMAURORNIS
(Rallidae; Philippine Bush-hen A. olivacea) Gr. αμαυρος amauros  dark; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  *Amaurornis Rchb.  olivacea (Gallin. — Meyen). Ic. Av. t. 192. ic. 1112—13." (Reichenbach 1853); "Amaurornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vög. p. xxi, 1852 (1853).  Type (by original designation): Gallinula olivacea Meyen." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 95). 
Var. Amaurormis.   
Synon. Aenigmatolimnas, Erythra, Oenolimnas, Pisynolimnas.

magnirostre / magnirostris
L. magnus  great; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (Galerida).
● ex “Épervier à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 464, and “Great-billed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Rupornis).