Black-faced Sandgrouse / Pterocles decoratus
Black-faced Sandgrouse
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pterocles decoratus J.Orn. 16 p.413
Taxonomy: Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles
Taxonomy Code: blfsan1
Type Locality: Lake Jipe, near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTEROCLES
(Pteroclidae; Ϯ Pin-tailed Sandgrouse P. alchata) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs (in comp.) notable, splendid; "DISCOURS SUR LE GENRE GANGA. ... Le nom générique Pterocles, que je propose pour ce genre, indique que ces oiseaux ont dans la forme des ailes, quelque chose de particulier; et en effet, dans les genres nombreux dont l'ordre des Gallinacés est composé, les espèces de celui-ci et du genre suivant [Syrrhaptes] se distinguent, par la longueur de leurs ailes, dont la première rémige est la plus longue. ... GANGA UNIBANDE. Pterocles Arenarius ... GANGA BIBANDE. Pterocles bicinctus ... GANGA QUADRUBANDE. Pterocles quadricinctus ... GANGA CATA. Pterocles setarius ... GANGA VÉLOCIFER. Pterocles tachypetes" (Temminck 1815); "Pterocles Temminck, Pig. et Gall., 3, 1815, p. 238, 712. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao alchata Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63)." (Peters 1937, III, 3).
Var. Pteroctes, Pteroclis.
Synon. Attagen, Calopterocles, Coturnicoenas, Dilophilus, Eremialector, Ganga, Macleanornis, Namapterocles, Nyctiperdix, Oenas, Parapterocles, Psammoenas, Pteroclurus, Pterygocys.
pterocles
Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs notable, splendid.
decorata / decoratus
L. decoratus adorned, beautiful < decorare to embellish < decus, decoris grace, distinction, embellishment, glory < decet it is seemly.
SUBSPECIES
Black-faced Sandgrouse (ellenbecki)
SCI Name: Pterocles decoratus ellenbecki
ellenbecki
Dr Johannes 'Hans' Ellenbeck (1870-1942) German physician, collector in Somalia and Abyssinia 1900-1901 (Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Prodotiscus zambesiae, subsp. Pterocles decoratus, subsp. Scleroptila psilolaema).
Black-faced Sandgrouse (decoratus)
SCI Name: Pterocles decoratus decoratus
decorata / decoratus
L. decoratus adorned, beautiful < decorare to embellish < decus, decoris grace, distinction, embellishment, glory < decet it is seemly.
Black-faced Sandgrouse (loveridgei)
SCI Name: Pterocles decoratus loveridgei
loveridgei
Arthur Loveridge (1891-1980) Welsh/US herpetologist, explorer, collector, Curator of Herpetology MCZ 1927-1957 (subsp. Campethera cailliautii, Cinnyris, syn. Crithagra sulphurata sharpii, subsp. Pterocles decoratus, subsp. Turdoides aylmeri).
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)