Andean Avocet / Recurvirostra andina
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Andean Avocet
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Protonym: Recurvirostra andina An.Univ.Chile 19 p.618
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Recurvirostridae / Recurvirostra
Taxonomy Code: andavo1
Type Locality: Laguna Parinacota, 16000 feet, Tacna, Chile.
Author: Philippi & Landbeck
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RECURVIROSTRA
(Recurvirostridae; Ϯ Pied Avocet R. avosetta) L. recurvus bent, curved backwards < recurvare to bend; rostrum beak; "80. RECURVIROSTRA. Rostrum depresso-planum, acuminatum, recurvatum. Pedes palmati, tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758): based on "Avosetta" or "Recurvirostra" of Gessner 1555, "Avosetta" of Ray 1713, "Recurvirostra Avosetta Italorum" of Albin 1731, and "Recurvirostra albo nigroque varia" of Linnaeus 1745; "Recurvirostra Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 151. Type, by monotypy, Recurvirostra avosetta Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 290). Linnaeus's Recurvirostra comprised a single species.
Synon. Avocetta, Trochilus.
recurvirostra / recurvirostris
L. recurvus bent backwards < recurvare to bend; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Jamaica Shoveler” of Latham 1785 (syn. Oxyura jamaicensis).
andina / andinum / andinus / andium
Mod. L. Andinus Andean, of the Andes < Andium Andes.
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)
