Congo Peacock / Afropavo congensis
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Congo Peacock
SCI Name:
Protonym: Afropavo congensis Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr. 29 p.2
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Afropavo
Taxonomy Code: conpea1
Type Locality:
Author: Chapin
Publish Year: 1936
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
AFROPAVO
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Congo Peacock A. congensis) L. Afer, Afra African < Africa Africa; pavo, pavonis peacock; "Je l'ai désigné sous le nom de Afropavo congensis ... Comme nom vulgaire j'ai proposé celui de "paon congolais"" (Chapin 1936); "The occurrence of a relative of the Peafowls in the Ethiopian region, where so far only Guineafowls, Partridges, and Quails were known to occur, startled ornithologists" (Delacour 1977); "Afropavo Chapin, 1936, Revue Zoologie Botanique Africaines, 29 (1), p. 2. Type, by monotypy, Afropavo congensis Chapin, 1936." (JAJ 2020).
congensis
Congo or Belgian Congo / DR Congo.
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)
