Egyptian Plover / Pluvianus aegyptius
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Egyptian Plover
SCI Name:
Protonym: Charadrius aegyptius Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.150
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Pluvianidae / Pluvianus
Taxonomy Code: egyplo1
Type Locality: Egypt.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PLUVIANUS
(Pluvianidae; Ϯ Egyptian Plover P. aegyptius) French name “Pluvian du Sénégal” given to the Egyptian Plover by d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 918 < Pluvier plover; "206. PLUVIAN, Pluvianus. Charadrius, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec épais à la base, comprimé vers le milieu, pointu; mandibule supérieure fléchie en arc.— Doigts grêles. Esp. Pluvian, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Pluvianus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 55. Type, by monotypy, "Pluvian" Buffon = Charadrius aegyptius Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 298).
Var. Plurianus.
Synon. Ammoptila, Cheilodromas, Hyas, Typanus.
aegyptius
L. Aegyptius Egyptian < Gr. Αιγυπτιος Aiguptios Egyptian.
● ex “Houhou d’Égypte” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Egyptian Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (subsp. Centropus senegalensis).
● "79. CHARADRIUS. ... ægyptius. 5. C. fascia pectorali nigra, superciliis albis, rectricibus apice albis fascia nigra, pedibus cæruleis. Charadrius ægyptius. Hasselq. iter. 256. n. 31. Habitat in Ægypti apricis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pluvianus).
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)
