Crab-Plover / Dromas ardeola
Crab-Plover
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dromas Ardeola K.Vet.Akad.NyaHandl. 26 p.182,188 pl.8
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Dromadidae / Dromas
Taxonomy Code: craplo1
Type Locality: India.
Author: Paykull
Publish Year: 1805
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DROMAS
(Dromadidae; Ϯ Crab Plover D. ardeola) Gr. δρομας dromas running < τρεχω trekhō to run; "första ögnakastet på figuren [Aldrovandus 1599-1603] utvisar att den är hvarken en Phœnicopterus eller Recurvirostra utan i samma ordo et aldeles nytt genus, som förmodeligen i likhet med förenämde slägten, löper och fiskar på hafsstränderna, hvarföre jag efven gifvit detsamma Grekiska namnet Dromas" (von Paykull 1805) (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.); "Dromas Paykull, Kongl. Vet.-Acad. Nya Handl., 26, 1805, p. 182. Type, by monotypy, Dromas ardeola Paykull." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 293).
Synon. Erodia, Pachyrhinchus.
ARDEOLA
(Ardeidae; † Squacco Heron A. ralloides) L. ardeola or ardiola little heron < dim. ardea heron (cf. Late Gr. αρδεολη ardeolē heron); "52. Familie. Reiher, Ardea. ... 103. Gattung. Ardeola.5 266. ralloides. ... 5 Kennzeichen der Gattung: die kurzen Füße" (Boie 1822); "Ardeola Boie, Isis, 1822, col. 559. Type, by monotypy, Ardea ralloides Scopoli." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 107).
Synon. Buphus, Cancrophagus, Erythocnus.
• (syn. Ixobrychus † Least Bittern I. exilis) "46. ARDEA. ... SUBGENUS III. ARDEOLA. ... Smallest of the genus. ... 236. ARDEA EXILIS, Gm. ... Least Bittern, Ardea exilis, Wils. viii. p. 37. pl. 65. fig. 4. ... The smallest of the genus: closely related to A. minuta of Europe, from which it is hardly distinguished but by its inferior size." (Bonaparte 1828); "Ardeola Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. ii. p. 307, 1828 [November 1827]. Type (by monotypy): Ardea exilis Gmelin. Not of Boie, Isis, heft v. col. 559, 1822, May." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 202).
ardeola
L. ardeola or ardiola little heron < dim. ardea heron.
● "Mandibula superior subconica, naribus magnis ovatis, versus basin positis, sulco vero, ut in Ardeis, a naribus ad apicem nullo ... Collum ut in ardeis elongatum" (von Paykull 1805) (see Erodia) (Dromas).
● "BIHOREAU A MANTEAU.—N. ARDEOLA. ... NYCTICORAX EUROPŒUS (Steph.). Ce nom trivial ne pouvait être plus mal choisi pour cette espèce, cosmopolite dans toute la force du terme; car il est peu d'oiseaux qui soient aussi généralement répartis que celui-ci dans toutes les contrées de l'Ancien comme du Nouveau Monde." (Temminck 1840) (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).
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)