Chilean Tinamou
Chilean Tinamou
Here the details of the Chilean Tinamou named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crypturus perdicarius Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 1(1831) p.192[=193] pl.12
Taxonomy: Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Nothoprocta
Taxonomy Code: chitin1
Type Locality: Valparaiso, Chile.
Author: von Kittlitz
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NOTHOPROCTA
(Tinamidae; Ϯ Chilean Tinamou N. perdicaria) Gr. νοθος nothos spurious; πρωκτος prōktos tail, rear; "Genus V.— NOTHOPROCTA, GEN. NOV. VIII. 1 perdicaria (Kittl.) ex Chilia. *2 ornata (Gray) ex Bolivia. *3 pentlandi (Gray) ex Bolivia. 4 curvirostris, sp. nov. xxxi. ex Æquatoria. ... VIII.— NOTHOPROCTA, gen. nov. p. 153 (νοθος, spurius et πρωκτος, pars posterior corporis). Genus inter Rhynchotum et Nothuram medium, quoad scuta tarsi illi magis affine, sed digito postico brevi distinguendum. Typus, N. PERDICARIA, i.e. Crypturus perdicarius Kittlitz, ex Chilia." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873).
perdicaria / perdicarius
Mod. L. perdicarius partridge-like, perdicine < L. perdix, perdicis partridge < Gr. περδιξ perdix, περδικος perdikos partridge (cf. Med. L. perdicarius partridge-catcher).
SUBSPECIES
Chilean Tinamou (perdicaria)
SCI Name: Nothoprocta perdicaria perdicaria
perdicaria / perdicarius
Mod. L. perdicarius partridge-like, perdicine < L. perdix, perdicis partridge < Gr. περδιξ perdix, περδικος perdikos partridge (cf. Med. L. perdicarius partridge-catcher).
Chilean Tinamou (sanborni)
SCI Name: Nothoprocta perdicaria sanborni
sanborni
Dr Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897-1962) US zoologist at Field Mus., Chicago, collector (syn. Muscisaxicola rufivertex, subsp. Nothoprocta perdicaria, subsp. Strix rufipes, subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).
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)