Brolga / Antigone rubicunda
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Brolga
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ardea rubicunda Arcana pt6 pl.22
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Gruidae / Antigone
Taxonomy Code: brolga1
Type Locality: Botany Bay, New South Wales.
Author: Perry
Publish Year: 1810
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTIGONE
(Gruidae; Ϯ Sarus Crane A. antigone) Specific name Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758; "Genera et Species typicae. ... 3 *Antigone RCHB. torquata (Grus — Vieill.) R. Ic. Av. t. 214, ic. 428. t. 218. ic. 1239—40." (Reichenbach 1852); "Antigone Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXIII. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, Grus torquata Vieillot, 1817 = Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Antigona, Angigone.
Synon. Baeopteryx.
antigone
Gr. myth. Antigone, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy, who was metamorphosed into a stork for presuming to compare herself to the goddess Hera. Linnaeus confused this myth with that of Gerana, princess of the pygmies, who was changed into a crane by Hera for committing the same lèse-majesté; "76. ARDEA. ... Antigone. 6. A. capite nudo collarique papillosos, corpore cinerea, remigibus nigris. Grus major indica. Edw. av. 45. t. 45. Habitat in Asia. Pone oculos macula parva alba, & vertex albus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Antigone).
rubicunda
L. rubicundus ruddy, red < rubere to be red < ruber red, ruddy.
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)
