Greater Painted-Snipe / Rostratula benghalensis
Greater Painted-Snipe
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rallus benghalensis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.153
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Rostratulidae / Rostratula
Taxonomy Code: grpsni1
Type Locality: Asia.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ROSTRATULA
(Rostratulidae; Ϯ Greater Painted-snipe R. benghalensis) Dim. < L. rostratus beaked, large-billed < rostrum beak; "213. CHORLITE, Rostratula. Scolopax, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec plus long que la tête, un peu grêle, sillonné en dessus, un peu renflé vers le bout, lisse et courbé à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, un peu concaves. — Doigts extérieurs unis à la base par une membrane. — Pouce ne portant à terre que sur le bout. Esp. Bécassine de Madagascar, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Rostratula Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 56. Type, by monotypy, Bécassine de Madagascar, Buffon = Rallus benghalensis Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 230).
Synon. Rhynchaea.
benghalense / benghalensis
Bengal, India (see bengalensis).
● "48. CORVUS. ... benghalensis. 6. C. vertice alis caudaque cæruleis, collo griseo. Pica glandaria benghalensis. Alb. av. I. p. 17. t. 17. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Coracias). This name is the seventh toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "54. PICUS. ... benghalensis. 8. viridis, occipite rubro, nucha nigra, subtus anticeque albus nigro maculatus. Picus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 21. t. 22. Edw. av. 182. l. 182. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dinopium). This name is the tenth toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "96. LOXIA. ... benghalensis. 23. L. grisea, pileo flavo, temporibus albidis, abdomine albido fusco-maculato. Passer benghalensis, capite flavo. Edw. av. 189. t. 189. Alb. av. 2. p. 48. t. 52. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ploceus).
● "83. RALLUS. ... benghalensis. 4. R. corpore vertice oculisque albis, capite colloque nigris, alis dorsoque viridibus, remigibus primariis rubro-maculatis. Rallus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 85. t. 90. Habitat in Asia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Rostratula).
● ex “Brown Indian Thrush” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Turdoides striata).
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)