Kosrae Crake
Kosrae Crake
Here the details of the Kosrae Crake named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rallus monasa Denkw.ReiserussAmer. 2 p.30
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Zapornia
Taxonomy Code: koscra1
Type Locality: Kushai Island.
Author: von Kittlitz
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
ZAPORNIA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Little Crake Z. parva) Anagram of genus Porzana Vieillot, 1816, crake; "ZAPORNIA. CRAKER. ... RALLUS. Gmel., Lath. GALLINULA. Beck., Temm. ZAPORNIA. Leach. OF this genus, which was separated by Dr Leach from the Crakes, there is but one species known. ... LITTLE CRAKER. (Zapornia pusilla.) ... Zapornia minuta. Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 34" (Stephens 1824).
Var. Zaporina, Lapornia.
Synon. Aphanolimnas, Kittlitzia, Limnobaenus, Limnocorax, Nesophylax, Palugalla, Pennula, Phalaridion, Porzanoidea, Porzanula, Rallites, Schoenocrex.
MONASA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Black Nunbird M. atra) Gr. μονας monas, μοναδος monados female hermit, nun < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single; "35. MONASE, Monasa. Cuculus, Gm. Bucco, Lath. Bec garni de soies à la base, plus long que la tête, comprimé par les côtés, entier; mandibules courbées en en base. Esp. Coucou noir de Cayenne, Buff. ... Monasa [μονασης, qui solus vivit]." (Vieillot 1816); "Monasa Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 27. Type, by monotypy, Coucou noir de Cayenne of Buffon = Cuculus ater Boddaert." (Peters 1948, VI, 21).
Var. Monassa, Monasta, Monacha, Monesa, Monaca.
Synon. Barbacou, Barbaculus, Monadon, Monastes, Scotocharis.
monasa
Gr. μονας monas, μοναδος monados female hermit, nun < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single.
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)