Black-bellied Bustard / Lissotis melanogaster
Black-bellied Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis melanogaster NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.16 pl.7
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Lissotis
Taxonomy Code: bkbbus1
Type Locality: Lake Tsana, Ethiopia.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LISSOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Black-bellied Bustard L. melanogaster) Gr. λισσος lissos smooth; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; alluding to the uncrested head of the Black-bellied Bustard; "*Lissotis R. melanogarter [sic] RÜPP. tab. CCLIII. fig. 2160-63. senegalensis VIEILL. Rhaad RÜPP. non SHAW. Barrowii GRAY tab. CCLIII. fig. 2164. *afra L. GM. tab. CCLIV. fig. 2165-67. *leucoptera RCHB. afroides A. SM. tab. CCLIV. fig. 2168-70" (Reichenbach 1848); "Lissotis Reichenbach, Syn. Av., no. 3, 1848, gallinaceae, p. [6], pl. CCLIII, figs. 2160-63. Type, by subsequent designation, Otis melanogaster Rüppell (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 109)." (Peters 1934, II, 224). Reichenbach's 1848 plate CCLIII shows a group of four birds of this distinctive bustard, although his 1849, plate XXXI shows only the heads of two of those birds (thus bearing more resemblance to Eupodotis than to Lissotis).
melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).
SUBSPECIES
Black-bellied Bustard (melanogaster)
SCI Name: Lissotis melanogaster melanogaster
melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).
Black-bellied Bustard (notophila)
SCI Name: Lissotis melanogaster notophila
notophila
Gr. νοτος notos south; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
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)