Little Curlew
Little Curlew
Here the details of the Little Curlew named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Numenius minutus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.95 p.176
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Numenius
Taxonomy Code: litcur
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NUMENIUS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Eurasian Curlew N. arquata) Gr. νουμηνιος noumēnios bird mentioned by Hesychius, traditionally associated with the curlew by reason of its crescent-shaped bill < νουμηνια noumēnia new moon < νεος neos new; μηνη mēnē, μηνης mēnēs moon (cf. L. numen, numinis nodding with the head < nuere to nod, to consent); "Numenius. Genus 78. ... Genus Numenii ... Rostrum deorsum arcuatum ... **1. LE COURLY. ... NUMENIUS" (Brisson 1760): based on "Numenius" and "Arquata" of Gessner 1555, and other authors, and Scolopax Arquata Linnaeus, 1758; "Numenius Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 311. Type, by tautonymy, Numenius Brisson = Scolopax arquata Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 260); "Numenius Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 48, 5, p. 311, 1760—type, by tautonymy, "Numenius" Brisson = Scolopax torquata [sic] Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1948, XIII, 90).
Var. Neomenius, Numerius, Numineus, Neumenius.
Synon. Arquata, Cracticornis, Mesoscolopax, Micronumenius, Palnumenius, Phaeopus, Zarapita.
minutum / minutus
L. minutus little < minuere to make smaller (see also minuta).
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 124 (Anthoscopus).
● ex “Lesser Ibis” (= ☼) of Edwards 1764 (syn. Eudocimus ruber).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847, and “Little Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Little Brown Bittern” of Edwards 1760, and “Blongios” of Brisson 1760 (Ixobrychus).
● "62. MERGUS. ... minutus. 5. M. capite griseo lævi. Fn. svec. 115. Te wezel-coot. Alb. av. l. p. 84. t. 88. Habitat in Europa. In alis macula atra, antice & postice alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Mergellus albellus ♀).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).
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)