Dalmatian Pelican / Pelecanus crispus
Dalmatian Pelican
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pelecanus crispus Isis 25 col.1109
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Pelecanidae / Pelecanus
Taxonomy Code: dalpel1
Type Locality: Dalmatia.
Author: Bruch
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PELECANUS
(Pelecanidae; Ϯ Great White Pelican P. onocrotalus) Gr. πελεκαν pelekan, πελεκανος pelekanos pelican; "66. PELECANUS. Rostrum edentulum, rectum: apice adunco, unguiculato. Nares lineares, obliteratæ. Facies nudiuscula. Pedes digitis omnibus quatuor simul palmatis." (Linnaeus 1758); "Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 132. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 80), Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus." (Dorst & Mougin in Peters 1979, I, ed. 2, 188). Linnaeus's Pelecanus comprised five species (P. Onocrotalus, P. Aquilus, P. Carbo, P. Bassanus, P. Piscator).
Var. Pelicanus, Pilecanus, Pelecanis.
Synon. Alcatras, Catoptropelicanus, Cyrtopelicanus, Leptopelicanus, Metapelecanus, Neopelecanus, Onocrotalus, Sacrificator.
● (syn. Fregata Ϯ Ascension Frigatebird F. aquila) "197. PELICANUS. Tail forked. P. aquilus, or Frigatebird." (Fleming 1822).
● (syn. Platalea Ϯ Eurasian Spoonbill P. leucorodia) "60. LEPELAAR, PELIKAAN, in 't Latyn Pelecanus. By den Heer LINNÆUS geplaatst onder de Eenden met den naam van Platea. Syst. Nat. geslacht 48" (Moehring 1758).
pelecanus
L. pelecanus pelican < Gr. πελεκαν pelekan, πελεκανος pelekanos pelican.
crispus
L. crispus curly, crimped, curly-headed.
● "COLIBRI CRISPUS. TAB. LXXXI. Fig. 1. Majusculus, supra viridi-aureo-, subtus splendidissime violaceo-viridi relucens; fasciculo parotideo intumido, cupreo-chalybeo; crisso albissimo." (von Spix 1824) (syn. Colibri serrirostris).
● "Außer diesem Pelekan gibt es aber in Europa und zwar in Dalmatien noch eine andre Art, an deren Verschiedenheit wohl niemand, der Gelegenheit hat, beyde Vögel neben einander zu sehen, zweifeln wird. Da diese andre Art noch von niemand beschrieben ist, habe ich sie unter dem Namen, Pelecanus crispus, krausköpfiger Pelekan, aufgestellt. ... bey Pelecanus crispus hingegen ist der ganze Oberkopf und die Stirn mit Federn bedeckt, wodurch die nackte Stelle um die Augen sehr beengt wird." (Bruch 1832) (Pelecanus).
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)