Red Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Here the details of the Red Phalarope named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tringa fulicaria Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.148
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Phalaropus
Taxonomy Code: redpha1
Type Locality: Hudson Bay, ex Edwards, pi. 142.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHALAROPUS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Grey Phalarope P. fulicarius) Gr. φαλαρις phalaris, φαλαριδος phalaridos unidentified waterbird, probably the coot (and generally so used in ornithology) < φαλαρος phalaros having a patch of white < φαλος phalos white; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; “Brisson very judiciously forms a new genus under the name of Phalaropus, from the scallops on the toes like the Φαλαρις, or Coot” (Pennant 1773);"Phalaropus. Genus 89. ... Genre du Phalarope. (1) ... (1) Phalarope, nom que j'ai donné aux Oiseaux de ce genre à cause de la ressemblance de leurs pieds avec ceux de la Foulque, nommée en grec φαλαρις. ... 1. LE PHALAROPE. ... PHALAROPUS." (Brisson 1760): ex "Grey Coot-footed Tringa" of Edwards 1757 and Edwards 1760; "Phalaropus Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 50; 6, p. 12. Type, by tautonymy, Phalaropus Brisson = Tringa fulicaria Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 292).
Var. Phalaropa, Phalaridopus, Falaropus.
Synon. Amblyrhynchus, Crymophilus, Lobipes.
fulicana / fulicarius
L. fulica, fuliga or fulix, fulicis coot.
● ex “Grèbe-foulque” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Surinam Tern” of Brown 1776 (syn. Heliornis fulica).
● "78. TRINGA. ... Fulicaria. 6. T. rostro recto, pedibus lobatis subfuscis, abdomine ferrugineo. Tringa fusca canadensis, membranis ad digitorum articulos. Edw. av. 142. t. 142. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phalaropus).
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)