Greater Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Here the details of the Greater Flamingo named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phoenicopterus roseus Zoogr.Rosso-Asiat. 2 p.207
Taxonomy: Phoenicopteriformes / Phoenicopteridae / Phoenicopterus
Taxonomy Code: grefla3
Type Locality: ad ostia Volgae et Rhymni'' = Ural River.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHOENICOPTERUS
(Phoenicopteridae; Ϯ American Flamingo P. ruber) L. phoenicopterus flamingo < Gr. φοινικοπτερος phoinikopteros flamingo < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing; despite its erratic appearance and breeding habits, the Greater Flamingo P. roseus was well known to the ancients, and served up as a delicacy at the tables of the wealthy; "72. PHOENICOPTERUS. Rostrum denudatum, infracto-incurvatum. Pedes palmati, tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus." (Kahl in Peters 1979, I, ed. 2, 269). Linnaeus's Phoenicopterus comprised a single species.
Var. Phönicopterus, Phenicopterus, Phaenicopterus.
Synon. Gervaisia, Harrisonavis, Phoenicorodias.
phoenicopterus
Gr. φοινικοπτερος phoinikopteros red-feathered < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Purple-shouldered Pigeon” of Latham 1787 (Treron).
roseus
L. roseus rosy, roseate, rosaceous < rosa rose.
● "95. TURDUS. ... roseus. 11. T. subincarnatus, capite alis caudaque nigris, occipite cristato. Merula rosea. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 15. Will. orn. 143. Raj. av. 67. Edw. av. 20. t. 20. Turdus roseus, capite ex nigro cæruleo & cirrho retro compto, alis & cauda nigris. Klein. av. 71. Habitat in Lapponia, Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pastor).
● ex “Pelican rose de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Rose-coloured Pelican” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
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)