Heard Island Shag
Heard Island Shag
Here the details of the Heard Island Shag named bird below:
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Protonym: Phalacrocorax (Leucocarbo) atriceps nivalis Rep.Brit.Austral.N.Z.AntarcticRes.Exped Ser.B 2 p.226
Taxonomy: Suliformes / Phalacrocoracidae / Phalacrocorax
Taxonomy Code: heisha1
Type Locality: Atlas Cove, Heard Island.
Author: Falla
Publish Year: 1937
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHALACROCORAX
(Phalacrocoracidae; Ϯ Great Cormorant P. carbo) L. phalacrocorax, phalacrocoracis cormorant < Gr. φαλακροκοραξ phalakrokorax, φαλακροκορακος phalakrokorakos cormorant < φαλακρος phalakros bald-headed < φαλος phalos white; ακρος akros topmost; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "LE CORMORAN ... PHALACROCORAX ... Juxta maris littora versatur, paludesque frequentat. Modo in rupibus, modo in arboribus excelsis nidificat" (Brisson 1760): based on "Phalacrocorax" and "Corvus aquaticus" of many authors, "Carbo aquaticus" of Gessner 1555, and Linnaeus 1748, "Morfex" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nonnullis" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, and Klein 1750, "Pelecanus subtus albicans" of Linnaeus 1746, "Plancus Corvus" of Klein 1750, and Pelecanus Carbo Linnaeus, 1758; "Phalacrocorax Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 60. Type, by tautonymy, Phalacrocorax = Pelecanus carbo Linné." (Peters 1931, 1, 85). The Great Cormorant was formerly trained in England to catch fish, but that necessary pastime can now only be seen in the Far East.
Var. Phalaciocorax, Phalocrocorax, Phalarocorax, Phelacrocorax.
Synon. Anacarbo, Botaurites, Carbo, Carbonarius, Compsohalieus, Cormoranus, Dilophalieus, Ecmeles, Enygrotheres, Euleucocarbo, Graculus, Graucalus, Gripeus, Gulosus, Halieus, Hydrocorax, Hypoleucus, Leucocarbo, Mesocarbo, Nannopterum, Nesocarbo, Notocarbo, Oligocorax, Pallasicarbo, Paracorax, Pliocarbo, Poikilocarbo, Pseudocarbo, Stictocarbo, Urile, Viguacarbo.
● (syn. Rynchops Ϯ Black Skimmer R. niger) "109. ZWEMMERGANS, in het Latyn Phalacrocorax. Vogel van Madras met een scheermes-snabel. PETIVER by RAY. Syn. Av. 194. f. 5." (Moehring 1758).
phalacrocorax
L. phalacrocorax, phalacrocoracis cormorant < Gr. φαλακροκοραξ phalakrokorax, φαλακροκορακος phalakrokorakos cormorant < φαλακρος phalakros bald-headed < φαλος phalos white; ακρος akros topmost; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak.
● ex Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 (syn. Phalacrocorax carbo).
nivalis
L. nivalis snowy, snow-white < nix, nivis snow.
● ex “Pinçon de Neige” and “Niverolle” of Brisson 1760 (Montifringilla).
● ex “Avis ignota piperini” of Gessner 1555, “Fringilla albicans” of Aldrovandus 1599, “Avis nivis” of Martens 1675, “Montifringilla calcaribus alaudae” of Willughby 1676, “Great Pied Mountain Finch”, “Brambling” or “Sea-Lark” of Ray 1713, “Miliaria nivis” of Frisch 1733, “Pied-Chaffinch” and “Lesser Pied Mountain Finch” of Albin 1738, “Alauda remigibus albis: primoribus extrorsum nigris, rectricibus nigris: lateralibus tribus albis” of Linnaeus 1740, and “Snow-bird” of Edwards 1750 (Plectrophenax).
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)