White-crested Bittern

White-crested Bittern / Tigriornis leucolopha

White-crested Bittern

Here the details of the White-crested Bittern named bird below:

SCI Name:  Tigriornis leucolopha
Protonym:  Tigrisoma leucolopha Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1), 17 p.86
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whcbit1
Type Locality:  Old Calabar River or Bonny River, Nigeria.
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Publish Year:  1846
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DEFINITIONS

TIGRIORNIS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ White-crested Tiger Heron T. leucolopha) Gr. τιγρις tigris, τιγριδος tigridos  tiger (cf. genus Tigrisoma Swainson, 1827, tiger bittern); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "TIGRIORNIS, gen. n.  Genus simile generi 'Tigriosoma' dicto, sed tarso anteriore reticulato distinguendum.  Typus est Tigriornis leucolopha (Jard.)." (Sharpe 1895).
Var. Tigrornis.
Synon. Tigribaphe.

leucolopha / leucolophos / leucolophus
Gr. λευκολοφος leukolophos  white-crested  < λευκος leukos  white; λοφος lophos  crest.
● ex Crax cumanensis von Jacquin, 1784, and “Yacou” of Bajon 1777 (syn. Pipile cumanensis).