Gray Peacock-Pheasant / Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Gray Peacock-Pheasant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pavo bicalcaratus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.156
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Polyplectron
Taxonomy Code: grypep2
Type Locality: China, error, restricted type locality, Thoungyah, Burma, Lowe, antea, p. 477.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POLYPLECTRON
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Grey Peacock Pheasant P. bicalcaratum) Gr. πολυς polus many; πληκτρον plēktron cock’s spur; "GENUS POLYPLECTRON. GENRE EPERONNIER. POLYPLECTRON ARGUS. (Mas) Temm. Gall. - Pavo Bicalcaratus Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 730. - Lath. Ind. v. 2. p. 617. - L'EPERONNIER ARGUS de la Chine (Male) Temm. Gall. v. 1. pl. Enl. - l'Eperonnier Buff. pl. 492. - Edw. t. 67. - Petit Paon de Malacca Sonnerat voy. v. 2. pl. 99. - Iris Peacock Lath. Syn. v. 4. p. 673" (Temminck 1807); "GENRE ÉPERONNIER. CARACTÈRES ESSENTIELS. Bec médiocre, grèle, droit, comprimé, base couverte de plumes; mandibule supérieure courbée vers son extrémité. Narines latérales, placées dans le milieu du bec, à moitié couvertes par par une membrane nue, et ouvertes par devant. Pieds, trois doigts devant et un derrière, les trois doigts antérieurs réunis par de courtes membranes; tarse longs et grèle, armé de plusieurs éperons. Ongles petits, celui de derrière très petit. Ailes courtes, les 4 rémiges extérieures également étagées, plus courtes que les 5me et 6me, qui sont les plus longues. EPERONNIER CHINQUIS. Polyplectron Chinquis. Mihi." (Temminck 1813); "Polyplectron Temminck, Pig. et Gall., 2, 1813, p. 363. Type, by monotypy, Polyplectron chinquis Temminck = Pavo bicalcaratus Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 130); "POLYPLECTRON Temminck, 1807 N — Polyplectron chinquis Temminck, 1813; type by monotypy = Pavo bicalcaratus Linnaeus, 1758 ... For change in date see Opinion 67 (I.C.Z.N., 1916)" (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 33).
Var. Polyprectron, Polyplectrum, Polyplectrus.
Synon. Chalcurus, Diplectron, Diplectropus, Emphania.
bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
Mod. L. bicalcaratus furnished with two spurs, double-spurred < L. bi- two- < bis twice; calcaratus spurred < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel.
● "87. PAVO. ... bicalcaratus. 2. P. capite lævi, calcaribus duobus. Phasianus pavonicus chinensis. Edw. av. 67. t. 67. & t. 69. f. 1. Habitat in China. Pennæ verticis revolutæ. Pennæ posterioris dorsi longæ ocellis pavoninis indicans hoc genus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Polyplectron).
SUBSPECIES
Gray Peacock-Pheasant (bakeri)
SCI Name: Polyplectron bicalcaratum bakeri
bakeri
● Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864-1944) British ornithologist, oologist, collector, Indian Police 1883-1912 (subsp. Cuculus canorus, syn. Garrulax monileger stuarti, subsp. Liocichla phoenicea, syn. Lonchura malacca (ex Munia malacca orientalis Baker, 1925), subsp. Napothera epilepidota, syn. Pericrocotus flammeus fraterculus, subsp. Polyplectron bicalcaratum, subsp. Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Psittiparus, syn. Thalasseus bergii velox, subsp. Tachymarptis melba, syn. Turdinus macrodactylus, Yuhina, subsp. Zapornia fusca).
● Dr John Randal Baker (1900-1984) British scientist, cytologist, collector in the New Hebrides 1922-1923, 1927 (Ducula).
● Dr Allan John Baker (1943-2014) New Zealand/Canadian ornithologist (subsp. Fringilla coelebs).
● George Fisher Baker, Jr. (1878-1937) US banker, collector, trustee of the AMNH (Sericulus).
Gray Peacock-Pheasant (bailyi)
SCI Name: Polyplectron bicalcaratum bailyi
bailyi
William Shore-Baily (d. 1932) British aviculturalist (syn. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).
Gray Peacock-Pheasant (bicalcaratum)
SCI Name: Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum
bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
Mod. L. bicalcaratus furnished with two spurs, double-spurred < L. bi- two- < bis twice; calcaratus spurred < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel.
● "87. PAVO. ... bicalcaratus. 2. P. capite lævi, calcaribus duobus. Phasianus pavonicus chinensis. Edw. av. 67. t. 67. & t. 69. f. 1. Habitat in China. Pennæ verticis revolutæ. Pennæ posterioris dorsi longæ ocellis pavoninis indicans hoc genus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Polyplectron).
Gray Peacock-Pheasant (ghigii)
SCI Name: Polyplectron bicalcaratum ghigii
ghigii
Prof. Alessandro Ghigi (1875-1970) Italian zoologist (syn. Columba palumbus, subsp. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).
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)