Long-tailed Ground Dove
Long-tailed Ground Dove
Here the details of the Long-tailed Ground Dove named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columbina campestris Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.57 pl.75 fig.2
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Uropelia
Taxonomy Code: ltgdov1
Type Locality: Bahia.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
UROPELIA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Ground Dove U. campestris) Gr. ουρα oura tail; πελεια peleia dove; "Nous plaçons ici, comme le sixième, le petit genre UROPELIA, Bp., à ailes encore plus courtes, à queue encore plus allongée que dans le précédent [Scardafella]; à couleur rousse uniforme. Il ne contient que la Columb. campestris, Spix, du Brésil, qui méritait si bien le nom de venusta sous lequel Temminck aussi l'a fait figurer. ... o. Zenaideæ. ... 69. Uropelia, Bp. 255. campestris, Spix." (Bonaparte 1855 (Comptes Rend.)); "*74. Uropelia, Bp.(Columbina! part. Spix.) Alae brevissimae: cauda longissima, valde cuneata: Minimae: Color rufescens uniformis. Am. mer. or. 1. COLUMBA campestris, Spix. (venusta, Temm. - Columbina campestris, Gr.) Av. Brasil. II. t. 75. f. 2." (Bonaparte 1855 (Conspectus)); "Uropelia Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 40, [Jan. 7] 1855, p. [24,] 220. Type, by monotypy, Columbina campestris Spix." (Peters 1937, III, 104); "The name Uropelia is credited by certain authors to Bonaparte (Consp. Gen. Av., 2, p. 85, "1854"), but it is extremelty doubtful whether the second volume of this work can be considered as actually published prior to 1857" (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 551).
Synon. Uropeleia.
campestris
L. campester, campestris of the fields or plains < campus, campi field.
● "93. ALAUDA. ... campestris. 4. A. rectricibus fuscis inferiori medietate, exceptis intermediis duabus, albis, gula pectoreque flavescente. Fn. svec. 193. Alauda minor campestris. Will. orn. 150. Raj. av. 70. n. 6. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Anthus).
● ex “Chorlito ribetes blancos acanelados” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 398 (syn. Bartramia longicauda).
● ex “Gavilan del campo pardo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 33 (syn. Circus cinereus) (=☼).
● ex “Carpintero campestre” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 253 (Colaptes).
● ex “American Hedge-Sparrow” of Edwards 1750 (Euneornis).
● ex “Chorlito campesino” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 397 (syn. Numenius borealis).
● ex “Ñacundá ” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 312 (syn. Podager nacunda).
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)