Australian Pratincole / Stiltia isabella
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Australian Pratincole
SCI Name:
Protonym: Glareola isabella Analyse p.69
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Glareolidae / Stiltia
Taxonomy Code: auspra1
Type Locality: 'Australasie.''
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
STILTIA
(Glareolidae; Ϯ Australian Pratincole S. isabella) Mid. English stilte, stilts; "1844. STILTIA, Pr. B. 1854. (Glareola isabella, Vieill.)" (G. Gray 1855); "45. Stiltia, Bp. 113. grallaria, Temm. (isabella, Vieill. australis, Leach.)" (Bonaparte 1856). The Australian Pratincole forms a link between the coursers and the pratincoles, having the long legs of the former but the general appearance of the latter.
Synon. Rhimphalea.
isabella
● ex “Isabelle” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 121, fig. 2 (syn. Acrocephalus baeticatus).
● Mod. L. isabella isabelline-coloured (syn. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris venezuelensis).
● French name “Glaréole isabelle” given to the Australian Pratincole by Vieillot 1816, with reference to its isabelline colouration (isabelle fawn-coloured) (Stiltia).
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)
