Black Bustard / Eupodotis afra
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Black Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis atra Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.155
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Eupodotis
Taxonomy Code: blabus3
Type Locality: Ethiopia = Cape of Good Hope.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EUPODOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Senegal Bustard E. senegalensis) Gr. ευπους eupous, ευποδος eupodos swift of foot < ευ eu perfection; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "14e genre OUTARDE, Otis, L. ... 3e sous-genre Eupodotis. Quatorze espèces: O. rhaad, O. arabs, O. afra, O. afraoides, O. Denhami, O. nuba, O. caffra, O. cœrulescens, O. Vigorsii, O. melanogaster, O. ferox, O. scolopacea, O. Senegalensis, O. nigriceps." (Lesson 1839); "Eupodotis Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Otis rhaad Rüppell not of Gmelin = Otis senegalensis Vieillot. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 64.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 222).
Synon. Trachelotis.
afra
L. Afer, Afra African < Africa Africa, originally the territory of Carthage.
● "85. OTIS. ... afra. 4. O. nigra, dorso cinereo, auribus albis. Habitat in Æthiopia I. Burmannus. Maris Rostrum & Pedes flavi. Vertex cinereus. Alarum margo exterior album. Femina tota cinerea, exceptis femoribus abdomineque atris." (Linnaeus 1758) (Afrotis).
● Senegal; ex “African Roller” of Latham 1787 (syn. Eurystomus glaucurus).
● Angola; ex “Red-faced Finch” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (Pytilia).
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)
