Ocellated Poorwill
Ocellated Poorwill
Here the details of the Ocellated Poorwill named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Caprimulgus ocellatus Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.268
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Nyctiphrynus
Taxonomy Code: ocepoo1
Type Locality: Peru.
Author: von Tschudi
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NYCTIPHRYNUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Ocellated Poorwill N. ocellatus) Gr. νυκτι- nukti- night-, nocturnal < νυξ nux, νυκτος nuktos night; φρυνη phrunē, φρυνης phrunēs toad; "11. Nyctiphrynus, Bp. 41. ocellatus, Tschudi. (brasilianus? Wied nec L.) 42. nuttalli, Audub. (brasilianus? Lawr.) 43. guianensis, Gm." (Bonaparte 1857); "Nyctiphrynus Bonaparte, Riv. Contemp., 9, 1857, p. 215. Type, by subsequent designation, Caprimulgus ocellatus Tschudi. (Oberholser, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 86, 1914, p. 8, note 5.)" (Peters 1940, IV, 195).
Synon. Otophanes, Ptilonycterus.
ocellata / ocellatum / ocellatus
L. ocellatus ocellated, marked with eyelets < ocellus eyelet < dim. oculus eye.
● ex “Capocier” or “Capolier” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 130, fig. 1 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Caille de l’Isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Turnix).
SUBSPECIES
Ocellated Poorwill (lautus)
SCI Name: Nyctiphrynus ocellatus lautus
lautus
L. lautus elegant, neat, splendid < lavare to wash.
Ocellated Poorwill (ocellatus)
SCI Name: Nyctiphrynus ocellatus ocellatus
ocellata / ocellatum / ocellatus
L. ocellatus ocellated, marked with eyelets < ocellus eyelet < dim. oculus eye.
● ex “Capocier” or “Capolier” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 130, fig. 1 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Caille de l’Isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Turnix).
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)