Stewart Island Shag
Stewart Island Shag
Here the details of the Stewart Island Shag named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Graculus chalconotus Voy.ErebusTerror 1 Birds p.20 pl.21
Taxonomy: Suliformes / Phalacrocoracidae / Phalacrocorax
Taxonomy Code: brosha1
Type Locality: Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PHALACROCORAX
(Phalacrocoracidae; Ϯ Great Cormorant P. carbo) L. phalacrocorax, phalacrocoracis cormorant < Gr. φαλακροκοραξ phalakrokorax, φαλακροκορακος phalakrokorakos cormorant < φαλακρος phalakros bald-headed < φαλος phalos white; ακρος akros topmost; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "LE CORMORAN ... PHALACROCORAX ... Juxta maris littora versatur, paludesque frequentat. Modo in rupibus, modo in arboribus excelsis nidificat" (Brisson 1760): based on "Phalacrocorax" and "Corvus aquaticus" of many authors, "Carbo aquaticus" of Gessner 1555, and Linnaeus 1748, "Morfex" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nonnullis" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, and Klein 1750, "Pelecanus subtus albicans" of Linnaeus 1746, "Plancus Corvus" of Klein 1750, and Pelecanus Carbo Linnaeus, 1758; "Phalacrocorax Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 60. Type, by tautonymy, Phalacrocorax = Pelecanus carbo Linné." (Peters 1931, 1, 85). The Great Cormorant was formerly trained in England to catch fish, but that necessary pastime can now only be seen in the Far East.
Var. Phalaciocorax, Phalocrocorax, Phalarocorax, Phelacrocorax.
Synon. Anacarbo, Botaurites, Carbo, Carbonarius, Compsohalieus, Cormoranus, Dilophalieus, Ecmeles, Enygrotheres, Euleucocarbo, Graculus, Graucalus, Gripeus, Gulosus, Halieus, Hydrocorax, Hypoleucus, Leucocarbo, Mesocarbo, Nannopterum, Nesocarbo, Notocarbo, Oligocorax, Pallasicarbo, Paracorax, Pliocarbo, Poikilocarbo, Pseudocarbo, Stictocarbo, Urile, Viguacarbo.
● (syn. Rynchops Ϯ Black Skimmer R. niger) "109. ZWEMMERGANS, in het Latyn Phalacrocorax. Vogel van Madras met een scheermes-snabel. PETIVER by RAY. Syn. Av. 194. f. 5." (Moehring 1758).
phalacrocorax
L. phalacrocorax, phalacrocoracis cormorant < Gr. φαλακροκοραξ phalakrokorax, φαλακροκορακος phalakrokorakos cormorant < φαλακρος phalakros bald-headed < φαλος phalos white; ακρος akros topmost; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak.
● ex Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 (syn. Phalacrocorax carbo).
chalconota / chalconotus
Gr. χαλκονωτος khalkonōtos bronze-backed < χαλκος khalkos bronze; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
SUBSPECIES
Stewart Island Shag (Otago)
SCI Name: Phalacrocorax chalconotus chalconotus
chalconota / chalconotus
Gr. χαλκονωτος khalkonōtos bronze-backed < χαλκος khalkos bronze; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
Stewart Island Shag (Foveaux)
SCI Name: Phalacrocorax chalconotus stewarti
stewarti
● Ronald McDonald Stewart (1881-1958) English ornithologist, naturalist, game warden and wildfowl officer in British Columbia, Canada 1919-1958 (subsp. Certhia americana).
● Surgeon-Gen. Ludovick Charles Stewart (1819-1888) British Army in India, naturalist (Emberiza, subsp. Prinia socialis).
● J. S. Stewart (fl. 1913) in Travancore, India 1907-1913 (subsp. Galloperdix spadicea, syn. Surniculus dicruroides).
● Robert E. Stewart (1913-1993) US biologist, ornithologist (syn. Otus bakkamoena gangeticus).
● Stewart I., New Zealand (syn. Phalacrocorax chalconotus).
● Stewart Shipton (1869-1939) British accountant, sugar-mill manager in Argentina 1891-1939, naturalist (syn. Sicalis olivascens).
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)