Bush Thick-knee
Bush Thick-knee
Here the details of the Bush Thick-knee named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Charadrius grallarius Suppl.ind.orn. p.lxvi
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Burhinidae / Burhinus
Taxonomy Code: butkne1
Type Locality:
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1801
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BURHINUS
(Burhinidae; † Bush Thick-knee B. grallarius) Gr. βου- bou- great < βους bous ox; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nose; "GENUS 93. BURHINUS (βους h. l. grandis ριν nasus) (Flachschnabel Germ.) Rostrum mediocre? crassum, latum, depressum ... Alae volatiles. Pedes grallarii, cursorii, tridactyli. Species: Charadrius magnirostris Lath. Suppl. Annotat. Hanc avem, Novae Hollandiae indigenam, a reliquis hujus familiae generice distinguendam esse, omnis mecum sentiet; at descriptio ejus ita manca est, ut notas gravissimas taceat. Rostrum cum rostro Todi comparat celeb. Latham, ideo simile est rostro Cancromatis" (Illiger 1811); "Burhinus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 250. Type, by monotypy, Charadrius magnirostris Latham." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 293); "BURHINUS Illiger, 1811 M— Charadrius magnirostris Latham, 1801; type by monotypy = Charadrius grallarius Latham, 1801" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 198).
Var. Burrhinus.
Synon. Burhinops, Fedoa, Odopus, Oedicnemus, Oedinecmus, Orthorhamphus, Planorhamphus.
grallarius
Mod. L. grallarius stilt-walker (i.e. long-legged) < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < dim. gradus step.
● ex “Great-billed Plover,” “High-legged Plover” and “Bridled Plover” of Latham 1801 (Burhinus).
● ex “Roi des Fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702 (syn. Grallaria varia).
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)