King Vulture / Sarcoramphus papa
King Vulture
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vultur Papa Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.86
Taxonomy: Cathartiformes / Cathartidae / Sarcoramphus
Taxonomy Code: kinvul1
Type Locality: 'India occidentalis'' = Surinam, designated by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 289.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SARCORAMPHUS
(Cathartidae; Ϯ King Vulture S. papa) Gr. σαρξ sarx, σαρκος sarkos flesh; ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; "Le genre sarcoramphe (sarcoramphus) qui signifie bec charnu, comprend les espèces de vautour, qui ont des crêtes ou caroncules charnues sur la tête ou aux environs du bec. Tels sont le condor, le papa, l'oricou, etc." (Duméril 1806); "Sarcoramphus Duméril, Zoölogie Analytique, 1806, p. 32. Type, by subsequent designation, Vultur papa Linné. (Vigors, Zoöl. Journ., 2, 1825, p. 381, note, and p. 384.)" (Peters 1931, 1, 189).
Var. Sarcorrhamphus, Sarcorhamphus, Sarcorhamphos, Saricramphus.
Synon. Breagyps, Gypagus, Gyparchus, Zopilotes.
● (syn. Vultur Ϯ Andean Condor V. gryphus) (see Vultur).
papa
Late L. papa pope < L. papa father, bishop < Gr. παπας papas father.
• "Fringilla Papa m. ... Er hält sich gern versteckt, ist äusserst phlegmatischer Natur" (von Kittlitz 1832); an allusion to the phlegmatic, seemingly thoughtful, and fearless nature of this finch, and its crimson cap and face (‡syn. Carpodacus ferreorostris).
• ex “Pape” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 159, fig. 2 (syn. Passerina ciris).
• Manuscript name “Vultur papa” of Edwards 1737; "40. VULTUR. ... Papa. 3. V. naribus carunculatis, vertice colloque denudato. Vultur elegans. Edv. av. 2. t. 2. Vultur. Alb. av. 2. p. 4. t. 4. Habitat in India occidentali. Obs. Vultur. Alb. av. 3. p. 1. t. 1. an femina hujus? Caput & Collum quasi excoriata retrahere potest intra vaginam cutis plumosæ colli inferioris." (Linnaeus 1758). This name is the third in avian nomenclature (Sarcoramphus).
Papa
‡ (syn. Carpodacus Ϯ Bonin Island Grosbeak C. ferreorostris) Specific name Fringilla papa von Kittlitz, 1832 (= syn. C. ferreorostris); Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXIX, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae genuinae, shows the bulky head and bill of this grosbeak.
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)