Juan Fernandez Petrel
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Here the details of the Juan Fernandez Petrel named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Oestrelata externa Ibis p.373
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Pterodroma
Taxonomy Code: jufpet
Type Locality: Islands of Masafuera and Juan Fernandez.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PTERODROMA
(Procellariidae; Ϯ Great-winged Petrel P. macroptera) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -δρομος -dromos -racer, -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; the gadfly petrels were so named with reference to their fast weaving flight, as if pursued by horseflies; "1. FULMAREÆ. ... *4. Pterodroma, Bp. 14. fuliginosa, Banks. (grisea, Kuhl nec Gm. lugens? Soland. atlantica, Gould.) 15. macroptera, Smith. (brevirostris, Less.) 16. aterrima, Verr. (carbonaria? Solander.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pterodroma, Bp. (Thalassoica? p. Gr. - Procellaria, p. Hombr. et Jacq. - Ossifraga, p. Reich.) Rostrum brevissimum, curvum, valde compressum: cauda cuneata. Nigrae. Cum genere BULWERIA Procellariearum analogiam praebent. Parvulae inter congeneres conveniunt quippe statura cum gigantibus illis propriae sectionis. M. ant. pr. Afr. 3. 1. PROCELLARIA macroptera, Smith. ... 2. PROCELLARIA FULIGINOSA, Banks, nec Lath. ... *3. PROCELLARIA aterrima, Verr." (Bonaparte 1857); "Pterodroma Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 42, 1856, p. 768. Type, by subsequent designation, Procellaria macroptera A. Smith (Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 137)." (Peters 1931, I, 60).
Var. Petrodroma, Pterodrome.
Synon. Aestrelata, Cookilaria, Hallstroma, Oestrelatella, Proaestrelata, Rhantistes.
externa
L. externus that is outside, external < exter outward < comp. ex out of; the Juan Fernández Petrel was described from the island of Más a Fuera (Isla Alejandro Selkirk) (Spanish más a fuera farther out (cf. the neighbouring island of Más a Tierra (Isla Robinson Crusoe), más a tierra nearer land)) (Pterodroma).
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)