Doria’s Goshawk / Megatriorchis doriae
Doria's Goshawk
SCI Name:
Protonym: Megatriorchis doriae Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7 p.805
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Megatriorchis
Taxonomy Code: dorgos1
Type Locality: Yule Island, New Guinea.
Author: Salvadori & D''Albertis
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
MEGATRIORCHIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Doria's Goshawk M. doriae) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; τριορχης triorkhēs hawk < τρεις treis, τρια tria three; ορχις orkhis testicle (see Triorchis); "Il Megatriorchis doriae ha tutte le dimensioni, tranne quelle delle ali, molto maggiori di quelle dell'Astur palumbarius" (Salvadori & d'Albertis 1876).
doriae
Giacomo Marchese Doria (1840-1913) Italian naturalist, founder of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa, sponsor, explorer (subsp. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Locustella certhiola, Megatriorchis, syn. Sylvia nana).
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)