Karoo Bustard / Eupodotis vigorsii
WBN 
Karoo Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis Vigorsii Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.1 p.11
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Eupodotis
Taxonomy Code: karbus1
Type Locality: South Africa.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPODOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Senegal Bustard E. senegalensis) Gr. ευπους eupous, ευποδος eupodos swift of foot < ευ eu perfection; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "14e genre OUTARDE, Otis, L. ... 3e sous-genre Eupodotis. Quatorze espèces: O. rhaad, O. arabs, O. afra, O. afraoides, O. Denhami, O. nuba, O. caffra, O. cœrulescens, O. Vigorsii, O. melanogaster, O. ferox, O. scolopacea, O. Senegalensis, O. nigriceps." (Lesson 1839); "Eupodotis Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Otis rhaad Rüppell not of Gmelin = Otis senegalensis Vieillot. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 64.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 222).
Synon. Trachelotis.
vigorsii
Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840) Irish MP, zoologist, editor of the Zoological Journal 1827-1834 (Aethopyga, syn. Anas bahamensis (ex Anas urophasianus Vigors, 1829), syn. Batara cinerea, syn. Dendroica pinus, syn. Garrulus lanceolatus, Heterotetrax, subsp. Pitta elegans, subsp. Saltator grandis (ex Saltator rufiventris Vigors, 1839), syn. Tringa nebularia (ex Totanus glottoides Vigors, 1832)) (see vigorsi).
SUBSPECIES
Karoo Bustard (namaqua)
SCI Name: Eupodotis vigorsii namaqua
namaqua / namaquensis / namaquus
Namaqualand, Namibia.
● ex “Namaqua Grous” of Latham 1783 (Pterocles).
Karoo Bustard (vigorsii)
SCI Name: Eupodotis vigorsii vigorsii
vigorsii
Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840) Irish MP, zoologist, editor of the Zoological Journal 1827-1834 (Aethopyga, syn. Anas bahamensis (ex Anas urophasianus Vigors, 1829), syn. Batara cinerea, syn. Dendroica pinus, syn. Garrulus lanceolatus, Heterotetrax, subsp. Pitta elegans, subsp. Saltator grandis (ex Saltator rufiventris Vigors, 1839), syn. Tringa nebularia (ex Totanus glottoides Vigors, 1832)) (see vigorsi).
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)
