Glaucous Macaw
Glaucous Macaw
Here the details of the Glaucous Macaw named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Macrocercus glaucus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 2 p.259
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Anodorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: glamac1
Type Locality: South America between lat. 27° and 30° S. ... on the banks of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers, ex Azara, 1, p. 402.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ANODORHYNCHUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Hyacinth Macaw A. hyacinthinus) Gr. ανοδων anodōn, ανοδοντος anodontos toothless < negative prefix αν- an- ; οδους odous, οδοντος odontos tooth; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; alluding to the un-notched bill of the Hyacinth Macaw (pace Gotch 1981); "GENUS VI. ANODORHYNCHUS. Araras inter et Aratingas intermedius, familiaris, macrourus, infra nares et supra genas plumis tectus; rostro supra modum crasso, uncinato, edentato; periophthalmiis parum, basi mandibulae inferioris tota nudis; cauda gradata, elongata. SPECIES 1• ANODORHYNCHUS MAXIMILIANI." (von Spix 1824); "Anodorhynchus Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 47 [i.e. 24 bis], pl. 11. Type, by monotypy, Anodorhynchus maximiliani Spix = Psittacus hyacinthinus Latham." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 179).
Var. Anadorhynchos, Aodorhynchus, Aodorhynchos, Anodorhynchos, Anodontorhynchus, Anoplorhynchus.
glaucus
L. glaucus glaucous, bluish-grey, bright, gleaming < Gr. γλαυκος glaukos blue-grey, glaucous (cf. Gr. myth, over a dozen persons of this name are referred to in antiquity, e.g. a son of Minos of Crete who was raised from the dead by the sage Polyidus: a fisherman of Boeotia who was metamorphosed into a sea-deity: a son of Sisyphus of Corinth who, having offended Venus, was torn to pieces by his own horses).
● ex “Guacamayo azul” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 273 (‡Anodorhynchus).
● ex “Cormoran glauque” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (syn. Leucocarbo campbelli).
Glaucus
(Laridae; syn. Larus † Glaucous Gull L. hyperboreus) Specific name Larus glaucus Brünnich, 1764; "III. Glaucus. Silber-Möve. Rücken silbergrau, oder heller. Kopf und Hals im Sommer weiss; im Winter bräunlich-grau gefleckt. 10) Consul Boie; glaucus Brünn. Nord-Europa und Grönland. ... 11) glaucopterus Kittlitz. Kamtschatka. ... 12) leucopterus Faber; glaucoides Temm. Nordische Hemisphäre. ... 13) glaucescens Licht. Americanische Küsten des Behringschen Meeres und Grönland. ... 14) glacialis Benicken. Der äusserste Norden. ... 15) argentatus Brünnich. Nördliches Europa. ... 16) argentatoides Richardson. Nord-America. ... 17) Michahellesii. Dalmatien und nördliches Africa. ... 18) leucophaeus Licht. Das rothe Meer. ... 19) borealis Brandt. Nördliches Asien. ... 20) occidentalis Audubon. Californien. ... 21) Audouini Payraudeau. Mittelmeer. ... 22) zonorhynchus Richardson. Nord-America. ... 23) canus Lin. Nördliche Hemisphäre. ... 24) lacrymosus Lichtenst. Indisches Meer." (Bruch 1853); "Glaucus (not of Forster, 1800) Bruch, Journ. Orn., 1, p. 101, 1853—type, by tautonymy, Larus glaucus Brünnich = L. hyperboreus Gunnerus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 253).
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)