Australasian Gannet
Australasian Gannet
Here the details of the Australasian Gannet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pelecanus serrator Trav.N.Z.[Dieffenbach] 2 p.200
Taxonomy: Suliformes / Sulidae / Morus
Taxonomy Code: ausgan1
Type Locality: Substitute name for Sula australis Gould, not Stephens. Tasmania.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MORUS
(Sulidae; Ϯ Northern Gannet M. bassanus) Gr. μωρος mōros silly, foolish; early travellers commented on the fearlessness of gannets and boobies in their breeding colonies, allowing a close approach and the opportunity to capture or kill them; "252. FOU, Morus. Pelecanus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec fort, plus long que la tête, un peu épais, comprimé, arrondi en dessus, finement dentelé sur les bords; mandibule supérieure suturée, fléchie à la pointe. — Face nue. — Gorge expansible. Esp. Fou de Bassan, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Morus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 63. Type, by monotypy, "Fou de Bassan" Buffon = Pelecanus bassanus Linné." (Peters 1931, I, 82).
Var. Moris.
Synon. Microsula, Plancus, Sulita.
serrator
Med. L. serrator, serratoris sawyer < L. serra saw.
● "62. MERGUS. ... Serrator. 3. M. crista dependente, capite nigro maculis ferrugineis. Fn. svec. 114. It. gotl. 271. Anas longirostra. Gesn. av. 133. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 60. Mergus cirrhatus fuscus. Will. orn. 255. t. 64. Raj. av. 135. Habitat in Europa. Hujus methodus piscandi habetur in Actis Stockh. 1749. p. 190; rubro allicitur." (Linnaeus 1758) (Mergus).
Serrator
(syn. Mergus Ϯ Red-breasted Merganser M. serrator) Specific name Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758; "Die Linneische Gattung des Mergus heist bei Hrn Sprüngli Serrator. Von dieser besizt er foldenge Arten: Serrator merganser. Mergus merganser. Linn. Tauchergans. ... Serrator cristatus. Mergus serrator Linn. Langschnabel." (Sprüngli in Storr 1784).
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)