Guira Cuckoo / Guira guira
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Guira Cuckoo
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Protonym: Cuculus Guira Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.414
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Guira
Taxonomy Code: guicuc1
Type Locality: Brazil.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GUIRA
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Guira Cuckoo G. guira) Specific name Cuculus guira J. Gmelin, 1788. "3.e Race. Les GUIRAS; Guira. Bec aussi long que la tête, robuste, triangulaire à la base, à bords recourbés; narines en scissure longitudinale, percée au centre d'une membrane et placée au milieu de la mandibule; tarses médiocres, assez longs, recouverts de larges scutelles; une huppe; queue longue, étroite, étagée. COUCOU GUIRA-CANTARA; Cuculus guira, Lath. Guira acangatara, Marcgrave; Crotophaga piririgua, Vieill., Gal., pl. 44; Piririgua, Azara" (Lesson 1830); "Guira Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 2, 1830, p. 149. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Cuculus guira Latham i.e. Gmelin." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 58).
Synon. Coccygius, Octopteryx, Ptiloleptus.
guira
Güaraní name Guihrá bird.
● ex “Guira acantagara [= acangatara of Marcgrave 1648]” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Coucou hupé du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Guira cantara” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Guira).
● ex “Guira-guaçu beraba” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Sylvia brasiliensis viridis” of Brisson 1760 (Hemithraupis).
GUIRA
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Guira Cuckoo G. guira) Specific name Cuculus guira J. Gmelin, 1788. "3.e Race. Les GUIRAS; Guira. Bec aussi long que la tête, robuste, triangulaire à la base, à bords recourbés; narines en scissure longitudinale, percée au centre d'une membrane et placée au milieu de la mandibule; tarses médiocres, assez longs, recouverts de larges scutelles; une huppe; queue longue, étroite, étagée. COUCOU GUIRA-CANTARA; Cuculus guira, Lath. Guira acangatara, Marcgrave; Crotophaga piririgua, Vieill., Gal., pl. 44; Piririgua, Azara" (Lesson 1830); "Guira Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 2, 1830, p. 149. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Cuculus guira Latham i.e. Gmelin." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 58).
Synon. Coccygius, Octopteryx, Ptiloleptus.
guira
Güaraní name Guihrá bird.
● ex “Guira acantagara [= acangatara of Marcgrave 1648]” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Coucou hupé du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Guira cantara” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Guira).
● ex “Guira-guaçu beraba” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Sylvia brasiliensis viridis” of Brisson 1760 (Hemithraupis).
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)
