Abdim's Stork

SCI Name:  Ciconia abdimii
Protonym:  Ciconia Abdimii Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.76
Taxonomy:  Ciconiiformes / Ciconiidae / Ciconia
Taxonomy Code:  abdsto1
Type Locality:  Dongola, Sudan.
Author:  Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year:  1823
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CICONIA
(Ciconiidae; Ϯ White Stork C. ciconia) L. ciconia  stork; the White Stork is encouraged to nest on rooftops, stacks and chimneys in Europe, where its presence is hoped to bring good fortune; "LA CICOGNE BLANCHE.  Ciconia alba; oculorum ambitu nudo, nigro; remigibus nigricantibus; rectricibus candidis. . . .CICONIA ALBA" (Brisson 1760): based on "Ciconia" of Gessner 1555, "Ciconia" or "Ciconia alba" of numerous other references, "Ardea alba" of Linnaeus 1746, and Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758; "Ciconia Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 361. Type, by tautonymy, Ciconia = Ardea Ciconia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 129).   
Var. Coconia ("Mit dem Schnabel klappt er durch Zusammenschlagen wie Coconia" (Kaup 1857). Although indexed in the Richmond Card series, Kaup's name is a lapsus for Ciconia Brisson, 1760).   
Synon. Abdimia, Diplura, Diplocercus, Dipluravis, Dissoura, Euxenura, Melanopelargus, Pelargos, Prociconia, Sphenorynchus.

ciconia
L. ciconia  stork; "76. ARDEA.  ...  Ciconia.  7. A. alba, remigibus nigris, cute sanguinea.  Ardea alba, remigibus rubris. Fn. svec. 136.  Ciconia. Bell. av. 45. a. Gesn. av. 262. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 1. Jonst. av. 147. t. 50. Marsil. danub. 5. p. 26. t. 11.  Ciconia alba. Will. orn. 210. Raj. av. 97. Alb. av. 2. p. 59. t. 64.  Habitat in Europa, Asia, Africa.  Cutis corporis sub pennis sanguinea. Nidus ad pagos in altis, resonans Passeribus; huic bonos serpentum exitio tantus, ut occidere nefas; noctu stridet; migrat trans pontum in Ægyptum, Æthiopiam; æstivat inter Sveciam & Italiam." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ciconia).

abdimii
'Abidin Beğ al-Arna'ut (c. 1780-1827 (murdered by mutineers)) Khedival Army, Albanian Gov. of Dongola Province, Egyptian Sudan 1821-1825 (his name has also been spelled Abdim, Abdi, Abdin, or Abdeen (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.)); "Hanc multorum laborum tandem acceptum gratum atque iucundum pretium habuimus et in memoriam benevoli et amici nostri protectoris et provinciae dongalanae turcici praefecti Abdim Beg, Abdimii nomine appellavimus" (Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833) (see Sphenorynchus ●) (Ciconia).