Bare-eyed Rail / Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
Bare-eyed Rail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rallus plumbeiventris Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1861) (1861), Pt3 p.432,438
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Gymnocrex
Taxonomy Code: baerai1
Type Locality: Misol.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GYMNOCREX
(Rallidae; Ϯ Blue-faced Rail G. rosenbergii) Gr. γυμνος gumnos bare, naked; genus Crex Bechstein, 1803, corncrake; "Gen. nov. Gymnocrex, SALVAD. (γνμνος [sic] nudus et crex). Novum genus ex familia Rallidarum; rostro capitis longitudinem aequante, basi valde elevato, apicem versus attenuato, naribus ovalibus; lateribus capitis late nudis; tarsis elongatis; digitis brevibus, praesertim halluce; alis latis; cauda mediocri, rectricibus mollibus. Typus: Rallina rosenbergii, Schleg. Sp. 75. Gymnocrex rosenbergii (SCHLEG.) ... Questa specie è ben descritta dallo Schlegel, ma certamente non appartiene al genere Rallina; il becco molto alto alla base ed assottigliato alla punta, ed il grande spazio nudo intorno agli occhi, specialmente nella parte posteriore, distinguono questa forma da tutte le altre." (Salvadori 1875); "Gymnocrex Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 678, 1875. Type (by monotypy): Rallina rosenbergii Sch." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 85).
Synon. Schizoptila.
plumbeiventris
L. plumbeus plumbeous < plumbum lead; venter, ventris belly.
SUBSPECIES
Bare-eyed Rail (plumbeiventris)
SCI Name: Gymnocrex plumbeiventris plumbeiventris
plumbeiventris
L. plumbeus plumbeous < plumbum lead; venter, ventris belly.
Bare-eyed Rail (hoeveni)
SCI Name: Gymnocrex plumbeiventris hoeveni
hoeveni
Prof. Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868) Dutch zoologist (subsp. Gymnocrex plumbeiventris).
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)