Greater Sage-Grouse / Centrocercus urophasianus
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Greater Sage-Grouse
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Protonym: Tetrao urophasianus Zool.J. 3 p.213
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Centrocercus
Taxonomy Code: saggro
Type Locality: 'Northwestern countries beyond the Mississippi especially on the Missouri.''
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CENTROCERCUS
(Tetraonidae; Ϯ Greater Sage Grouse C. urophasianus) Gr. κεντρον kentron point; κερκος kerkos tail; "9. TETRAO (CENTROCERCUS) UROPHASIANUS. (Swainson.) Cock of the Plains. GENUS, Tetrao, LINN. Sub-genus, Centrocercus* (Type 3), SWAINS. ... *Th. κεντρον, cuspis, et κερκος, cauda. ... 45. Sub-genus, CENTROCERCUS. (Generis Tetraonis.) Bill compressed, the base of the culmen prolonged towards the crown of the head and dividing the frontal feathers. Wings very short; lesser quills mucronated at their tips. Tail rounded, the feathers lanceolate and pointed. Lateral toes unequal; hind-toe moderate, longer than the claw. Type.— Centrocercus urophasianus, NOB. p. 359." (Swainson 1832); "Centrocercus Swainson, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am., 2, 1831 (1832), p. 358, 496. Type, by original designation, Tetrao urophasianus Bonaparte." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 41).
Var. Centrocircus.
urophasianus
Gr. ουρα oura tail; φασιανος phasianos pheasant.
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)
