Bronze Ground Dove / Alopecoenas beccarii
Bronze Ground Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chalcophaps beccarii Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.974
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Alopecoenas
Taxonomy Code: brgdov1
Type Locality: Arfak Mts., near Hatam, New Guinea.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
ALOPECOENAS
(Columbidae; † Wetar Ground Dove A. hoedtii) Gr. αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox (i.e. fox-coloured); οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "ALOPECŒNAS, Finsch. (Finsch, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxi. 1899.) 1. hoedti (Schl.). (Salvad. Cat. p. 592.)" (Sharpe 1899); "Leptoptila Hoedti Schleg. (Alopecoenas Finsch) von Wetter" (Finsch 1900); "Alopecœnas Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xxii. p. 228, July 1900. Type (by monotypy): Leptoptila hoedtii Schleg." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 75); "Alopecoenas "Finsch" Sharpe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, p. 90. Type, by monotypy, Alopecoenas hoedti (Schl.) = Leptoptila hoedtii Schlegel." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 137).
Synon. Misophaps, Pampusana, Terricolumba.
beccariana / beccarianus / beccarii
Dr Odoardo Beccari (1843-1920) Italian botanist, explorer, collector in the East Indies and New Guinea (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja, Alopecoenas, syn. Casuarius casuarius, Cochoa, syn. Cyornis rufigastra, syn. Cyornis superbus, Dicaeum, Drymodes, subsp. Goura victoria, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, Otus, Sericornis, subsp. Turnix maculosus).
SUBSPECIES
Bronze Ground Dove (Western)
SCI Name: Alopecoenas beccarii beccarii
beccariana / beccarianus / beccarii
Dr Odoardo Beccari (1843-1920) Italian botanist, explorer, collector in the East Indies and New Guinea (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja, Alopecoenas, syn. Casuarius casuarius, Cochoa, syn. Cyornis rufigastra, syn. Cyornis superbus, Dicaeum, Drymodes, subsp. Goura victoria, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, Otus, Sericornis, subsp. Turnix maculosus).
Bronze Ground Dove (Eastern)
SCI Name: Alopecoenas beccarii [johannae Group]
ALOPECOENAS
(Columbidae; † Wetar Ground Dove A. hoedtii) Gr. αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox (i.e. fox-coloured); οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "ALOPECŒNAS, Finsch. (Finsch, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxi. 1899.) 1. hoedti (Schl.). (Salvad. Cat. p. 592.)" (Sharpe 1899); "Leptoptila Hoedti Schleg. (Alopecoenas Finsch) von Wetter" (Finsch 1900); "Alopecœnas Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xxii. p. 228, July 1900. Type (by monotypy): Leptoptila hoedtii Schleg." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 75); "Alopecoenas "Finsch" Sharpe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, p. 90. Type, by monotypy, Alopecoenas hoedti (Schl.) = Leptoptila hoedtii Schlegel." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 137).
Synon. Misophaps, Pampusana, Terricolumba.
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)