White-fronted Plover
White-fronted Plover
Here the details of the White-fronted Plover named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Charadrius marginatus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 27 p.138
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Charadrius
Taxonomy Code: whfplo1
Type Locality: No locality.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHARADRIUS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Ringed Plover C. hiaticula) Late L. charadrius yellowish bird mentioned in the Vulgate Bible (late 4th century) < Gr. χαραδριος kharadrios unknown plain-coloured nocturnal bird that dwelt in ravines and river valleys < χαραδρα kharadra ravine. According to some authors the sight of it was said to cure jaundice. Early identifications included the Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus; "79. CHARADRIUS. Rostrum teretiusculum, obtusum. Pedes tridactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Charadrius Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 150. Type, by tautonymy, Charadrius hiaticula Linné. (Charadrios s. Hiaticula Aldrovandus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 245). Linnaeus's Charadrius comprised eleven species (C. cristatus, C. Hiaticula, C. alexandrinus, C. vociferus, C. ægyptius, C. Morinellus, C. apricarius, C. Pluvialis, C. Oedicnemus, C. Himantopus, C. spinosus).
Var. Charadrias, Charadias.
Synon. Aegialeus, Aegialitis, Aegialophilus, Afraegialis, Afroxyechus, Cirrepidesmus, Eupoda, Eupodella, Helenaegialus, Hiaticula, Hyetoceryx, Leucopolius, Neocharadrius, Nesoceryx, Ochthodromus, Oxyechus, Pagoa, Pagolla, Paroxyechus, Pernettyva, Pipus, Pluviorhynchus, Podasocys, Zonibyx.
marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus bordered, edged < marginare to emarginate < margo, marginis border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).
SUBSPECIES
White-fronted Plover (mechowi)
SCI Name: Charadrius marginatus mechowi
mechowi
Maj. Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow (1831-1890) Prussian explorer, collector in Angola 1873-1875, 1879-1882 (Cercoccyx, subsp. Charadrius marginatus, syn. Cinnyris venustus falkensteini, syn. Euplectes axillaris bocagei, subsp. Melierax metabates).
White-fronted Plover (marginatus)
SCI Name: Charadrius marginatus marginatus
marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus bordered, edged < marginare to emarginate < margo, marginis border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).
White-fronted Plover (arenaceus)
SCI Name: Charadrius marginatus arenaceus
arenacea / arenaceus
L. arenaceus sandy < arena (properly harena) sand.
White-fronted Plover (tenellus)
SCI Name: Charadrius marginatus tenellus
tenellus
L. tenellus delicate, somewhat tender < dim. tener, teneri delicate.
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)