Gray-fronted Dove
Gray-fronted Dove
Here the details of the Gray-fronted Dove named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba Rufaxilla ActesSoc.Hist.Nat.Paris 1 p.118
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Leptotila
Taxonomy Code: grfdov1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Richard & Bernard
Publish Year: 1792
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LEPTOTILA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Caribbean Dove L. jamaicensis) Gr. λεπτος leptos slender; πτιλον ptilon feather; "Leptotila, Sw. (fig. 299.b, c. 300.b) First quill suddenly narrowed; the fourth longest. Tarsus lengthened, and much longer than the hallux. All the toes long and slender. Knees naked. America only? P. rufaxilla. Nat. Lib. v. pl. 24." (Swainson 1837); "Leptotila Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 349. Type, by monotypy, P. rufaxilla Nat. Libr., 5, pl. 24 = Peristera rufaxilla Selby (not of Richard and Bernard) = Columba jamaicensis Linné." (Peters 1937, III, 122).
Var. Leoptotila, Leptoptila, Leptophila.
Synon. Aechmoptila, Engyptila, Homoptila.
rufaxilla / rufaxillus
L. rufus rufous; axilla armpit.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-fronted Dove (pallidipectus)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla pallidipectus
pallidipectus
L. pallidus pallid < pallere to be pale; pectus, pectoris breast.
Gray-fronted Dove (dubusi)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla dubusi
dubusi
Bernard Aimé Léonard Vicomte Dubus de Ghisignies (1808-1874) Belgian politician (syn. Amazilia tzacatl, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla).
Gray-fronted Dove (rufaxilla)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla rufaxilla
rufaxilla / rufaxillus
L. rufus rufous; axilla armpit.
Gray-fronted Dove (hellmayri)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla hellmayri
hellmayri
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878-1944) Austrian/US ornithologist (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, Anthus, subsp. Attila rufus, subsp. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, subsp. Catharus fuscater, subsp. Celeus elegans, syn. Chloroceryle americana cabanisii, Cinnyris, syn. Conopophaga lineata, Cranioleuca, syn. Crypturellus strigulosus, subsp. Cyanerpes caeruleus, subsp. Dendrocincla tyrannina, Drymophila, subsp. Empidonax occidentalis, subsp. Geositta cunicularia, syn. Geositta rufipennis fasciata, subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis, subsp. Isleria hauxwelli, subsp. Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, subsp. Leptopogon superciliaris, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla, Mecocerculus, subsp. Myioborus miniatus, subsp. Myiozetetes cayanensis, syn. Nonnula rubecula, subsp. Oenanthe familiaris, syn. Petronia petronia, subsp. Piaya cayana, syn. Pitangus sulphuratus, subsp. Poecile palustris, subsp. Pyriglena leuconota, subsp. Rhynchocyclus brevirostris, subsp. Saltator aurantiirostris, syn. Selenidera gouldii, subsp. Sporophila caerulescens, Synallaxis, subsp. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos, subsp. Terenotriccus erythrurus, syn. Thamnophilus schistaceus dubius, subsp. Tyto alba, subsp. Xenops tenuirostris).
Gray-fronted Dove (bahiae)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla bahiae
bahiae
Bahia, Brazil.
Gray-fronted Dove (reichenbachii)
SCI Name: Leptotila rufaxilla reichenbachii
reichenbachi / reichenbachii
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879) German zoologist, botanist, nomenclaturist (Anabathmis, syn. Celeus elegans, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla, subsp. Leuconotopicus fumigatus, syn. Patagioenas maculosa, syn. Patagioenas picazuro, Todiramphus).
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)