Green Pygmy-Goose / Nettapus pulchellus
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Green Pygmy-Goose
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nettapus pulchellus BirdsAustr. pt6 pl.,text
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Nettapus
Taxonomy Code: grnpyg1
Type Locality: Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1842
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NETTAPUS
(Anatidae; Ϯ African Pygmy Goose N. auritus) Gr. νηττα nētta duck; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; the African Pygmy Goose was considered to have the feet and body of a duck, and the bill and neck of a goose; "D. Subgen. NETTAPUS NOB. Rostri forma ut in Bernaclis, sed in mandibula, ut in Anseribus genuinis, exterior seu lateralis lamellarum series nulla. Collum elongatum. Pedes admodum breves. Tarsi digito medio propriae longitudinis tertia parte breviores. Unicam speciem huic inserendam huc usque sistit Anser madagascariensis seu Anas madagascariensis Auct., quae quidem rostro et collo Anserem, pedum structura autem et corpore Anatem praebet." (Brandt 1836); "Nettapus Brandt, Descr. Icon. Anim. Ross. Nov., Aves, fasc. 1, 1836, p. 5. Type, by monotypy, Anas masagascariensis Gmelin = Anas aurita Boddaert." (Peters 1931, 1, 172).
Var. Nettopus, Nettepus.
Synon. Anserella, Cheniscus, Microcygna, Nessarius.
pulchella / pulchellum / pulchellus
L. pulchellus very pretty, beautiful little < dim. pulcher, pulchra beautiful.
● ex “Grimpereau à longue queue du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Cinnyris).
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)
