Huayco Tinamou / Rhynchotus maculicollis
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Huayco Tinamou
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Protonym: Rhynchotus maculicollis ListBirdsBrit.Mus. pt5 p.102
Taxonomy: Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Rhynchotus
Taxonomy Code: huatin1
Type Locality: Bolivia.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHYNCHOTUS
(Tinamidae; Ϯ Red-winged Tinamou R. rufescens) Gr. ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; -οτης -otēs featuring; "GENUS 2. RHYNCHOTUS. Rostro elongato, corneo, haud alto, subarcuato, apice convexo, acuto, nec curvo, nec lateraliter sulcato; naribus fere basalibus; digito postico elevato, breviusculo; genibus nudis; tarsis antice scutato-fasciatis, postice reticulatis. SPECIES 1. RHYNCHOTUS FASCIATUS." (von Spix 1825); "Rhynchotus Spix, Av. Bras., 2, 1825, p. 60, pl. 76c. Type, by monotypy, Rhynchotus fasciatus Spix = Tinamus rufescens Temminck." (Peters 1931, I, 23).
Var. Rhynchotis (Gr. ωτις ōtis bustard), Rhyncotus, Rhinchotus.
Synon. Nothurus.
maculicollis
L. macula spot; Mod. L. -collis -throated, -necked < L. collum neck.
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)
