Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Here the details of the Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ortyx leucophrys Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1843) (1843), Pt11 no.128 p.132
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Dendrortyx
Taxonomy Code: bcwpar1
Type Locality: Coban, Guatemala.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DENDRORTYX
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Long-tailed Wood Partridge D. macroura) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos quail; "DENDRORTYX MACROURUS. Large-tailed Partridge. ... THIS species, the largest of the family yet discovered, is a native of Mexico" (Gould 1844); "DENDRORTYX ... Judging from the more slender structure of their tarsi and feet, I believe them to be arboreal in their habits, and the delicate but bright colouring of their bill and legs seems to me to indicate that they affect situations very different from those resorted to by the members of the genus Odontophorus" (Gould 1850); "Dendrortyx Gould, Monogr. Odontoph., pt. 1, 1844, pl.[3] and text (= pl. 20 of bound volume). Type, by monotypy, Ortyx macroura Jardine and Selby." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 42).
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).
Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw. Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round ... L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).
SUBSPECIES
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (leucophrys)
SCI Name: Dendrortyx leucophrys leucophrys
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (hypospodius)
SCI Name: Dendrortyx leucophrys hypospodius
hypospodia / hypospodium / hypospodius
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; σποδιος spodios ash-coloured < σποδος spodos ashes.
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)