Anhinga / Anhinga anhinga
Anhinga
SCI Name:
Protonym: Plotus anhinga Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.218
Taxonomy: Suliformes / Anhingidae / Anhinga
Taxonomy Code: anhing
Type Locality: 'in America australi''; restricted to Rio Tapajos, Para, Brazil, by Griscom and Greenway, 1941, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 88, p. 103.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANHINGA
(Anhingidae; Ϯ Anhinga A. anhinga) Tupí name Anhinga little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird; "Le genre de l'Anhinga. ... Tous les Oiseaux de ce genre ont sur les bords du bec une dentelure fine & peu apparente. L'ongle du doigt du milieu des trois antérieurs est dentelé intérieurement comme une scie" (Brisson 1760): based on “Anhinga” of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, "Mergus longirostris" of Barrère 1741, "Mergus Americanus" of Barrère 1745, "Plancus Brasiliensis" of Klein 1750, and "Ptinx" of Moehring 1752; "Anhinga Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 60; 6, 1760, p. 476. Type, by tautonymy and monotypy, Anhinga [anhinga] Brisson = Plotus anhinga Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 94).
Synon. Liptornis, Notoplotus, Plotus, Ptynx.
anhinga
Tupí name Anhinga little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird; "Habitat in America australi; more Serpentum, contracto prius longiore collo, ejaculatur rostrum in Pisces. Collum longum. Pedes breves digitis omnibus connexis. Caput tomentosum plumis minutissimis" (Linnaeus 1766); ex “Anhinga” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, Ray 1713, and Brisson 1760 (Anhinga) (see Anhinga).
ANHINGA
(Anhingidae; Ϯ Anhinga A. anhinga) Tupí name Anhinga little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird; "Le genre de l'Anhinga. ... Tous les Oiseaux de ce genre ont sur les bords du bec une dentelure fine & peu apparente. L'ongle du doigt du milieu des trois antérieurs est dentelé intérieurement comme une scie" (Brisson 1760): based on “Anhinga” of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, "Mergus longirostris" of Barrère 1741, "Mergus Americanus" of Barrère 1745, "Plancus Brasiliensis" of Klein 1750, and "Ptinx" of Moehring 1752; "Anhinga Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 60; 6, 1760, p. 476. Type, by tautonymy and monotypy, Anhinga [anhinga] Brisson = Plotus anhinga Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 94).
Synon. Liptornis, Notoplotus, Plotus, Ptynx.
anhinga
Tupí name Anhinga little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird; "Habitat in America australi; more Serpentum, contracto prius longiore collo, ejaculatur rostrum in Pisces. Collum longum. Pedes breves digitis omnibus connexis. Caput tomentosum plumis minutissimis" (Linnaeus 1766); ex “Anhinga” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, Ray 1713, and Brisson 1760 (Anhinga) (see Anhinga).
SUBSPECIES
Anhinga (leucogaster)
SCI Name: Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
leucogaster / leucogastra / leucogastris
Gr. λευκος leukos white; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Guainumbi sp. 1” of Marcgrave 1648, “Mellisuga cayanensis ventre albo” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à cravate dorée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 3, “Cravate-dorée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gold-throated Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Agyrtria).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1785 (Cinnyricinclus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and “Whidah Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster).
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex "Héron bleuâtre à ventre blanc de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 350, and "Demi-Aigrette" of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Egretta tricolor).
● ex "Jacamar à Ventre Blanc" of Levaillant 1807 (Galbula).
● ex “White-bellied Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Haliaeetus).
● ex “Malkoha” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 224 (syn. Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus).
● ex “Geai à ventre jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 249 (syn. Pitangus sulphuratus).
● ex “Fou de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 973 (Sula).
Anhinga (anhinga)
SCI Name: Anhinga anhinga anhinga
ANHINGA
(Anhingidae; Ϯ Anhinga A. anhinga) Tupí name Anhinga little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird; "Le genre de l'Anhinga. ... Tous les Oiseaux de ce genre ont sur les bords du bec une dentelure fine & peu apparente. L'ongle du doigt du milieu des trois antérieurs est dentelé intérieurement comme une scie" (Brisson 1760): based on “Anhinga” of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, "Mergus longirostris" of Barrère 1741, "Mergus Americanus" of Barrère 1745, "Plancus Brasiliensis" of Klein 1750, and "Ptinx" of Moehring 1752; "Anhinga Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 60; 6, 1760, p. 476. Type, by tautonymy and monotypy, Anhinga [anhinga] Brisson = Plotus anhinga Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 94).
Synon. Liptornis, Notoplotus, Plotus, Ptynx.
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)