Pallid Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Here the details of the Pallid Harrier named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Accipiter macrourus ReisedurchRussland 1 p.48
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Circus
Taxonomy Code: palhar1
Type Locality: Voronezh, southern Russia.
Author: Gmelin, SG
Publish Year: 1770
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CIRCUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Western Marsh Harrier C. aeruginosus) Gr. κιρκος kirkos partly mythical hawk, named for its circling flight < κιρκος kirkos circle, mentioned by many classical authors and later identified with the Hen Harrier (cf. κιρκη kirkē bird referred to by Aelianus, different to κιρκος kirkos but not otherwise identified); "BUSARD. Circus. { Le bec courbé dès la base; la tête plate en dessus, et garnie de plumes; la base du bec recouverte d'une cire; les ailes très-longues; la première penne de l'aile, très-courte; le tarse long et grêle." (de Lacépède 1799); "Circus Lacépède, Tabl. Ois., 1799, p. 4. Type, by subsequent designation, Falco aeruginosus Linné. (Lesson, Man. d'Orn., 1, 1828, p. 105.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 264).
Var. Cercus.
Synon. Eucircus, Glaucopteryx, Melanocircus, Polyborus, Pseudocircus, Pterocircus, Pygargus, Spilocircus, Spizacircus, Strigiceps.
circus
Gr. κιρκος kirkos partly mythical hawk, named for its circling flight < κιρκος kirkos circle (syn. Circus aeruginosus).
macroura / macrouros / macrourus / macrura
Gr. μακρος makros long; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Coliou de l’isle Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Long-tailed Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Emberizoides herbicola).
● ex “Guainumbi” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Mellivora avis maxima” of Sloane 1725, “Mellisuga cayenensis, cauda bifurca” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à longue queue couleur d’acier brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cayenne forktailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Eupetomena).
● ex "Long-tailed Grosbeak" of Latham 1783 (Euplectes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Kittacincla malabarica).
● ex “Petite Fauvette tachetée du cap de bonne espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 2, and “Great-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Coliou hupé du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Urocolius).
● "92. COLUMBA. ... macroura. 16. C. cauda cuneiformi longa, pectore purpurascente. Columba macroura. Edw. av. 15. t. 15. Palumbus migratorius. Catesb. car. I. p. 23. t. 23 [= Ectopistes]. Habitat in Canada; hybernat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1758) (Zenaida).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleue de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (unident.).
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)