Macaroni Penguin / Eudyptes chrysolophus
Macaroni Penguin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Catarhactes chrysolophus Bull.Sci.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 2 col.315
Taxonomy: Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Eudyptes
Taxonomy Code: macpen1
Type Locality: Falkland Islands.
Author: von Brandt
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EUDYPTES
(Spheniscidae; Ϯ Rockhopper Penguin E. chrysocome) Gr. ευ eu fine; δυτης dutēs diver < δυω duō to dive; "272. Gorfou, Endyptes. Aptenodytes, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit à la base, comprimé, sillonné obliquement; mandibule supérieure crochue; l'inférieure arrondie ou tronquée à la pointe. 2 sections. Esp. Manchot des Hottentots. — Sauteur, Buff. .... Eudyptes [ευ, bene, δυπτης, urinator]" (Vieillot 1816); "Eudyptes Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Catarrhactes chrysocome auct. = Aptenodytes crestata J. F. Miller." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 31); "Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, pp. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 77), Aptenodytes chrysocome Forster." (Falla & Mougin in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd. ed., p. 126).
Var. Endyptes (original spelling).
Synon. Catadyptes, Cataractes, Catarractes, Catarrhactes, Chrysocoma, Geopega, Microdyptes, Tasidyptes.
CHRYSOLOPHUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Golden Pheasant C. pictus) Gr. χρυσολοφος khrusolophos with golden crest < χρυσος khrusos gold; λοφος lophos crest; "[plate 41, fig.] 2. HEAD OF THE COMMON GOLDEN PHEASANT · CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS. (Gray.)" (J. Gray 1834); "Chrysolophus J. E. Gray, in Hardwicke's Ill. Ind. Zool., 2, pt. 15-16, 1834, pl. 41, f. 2. Type, by monotypy, Phasianus pictus Linné." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 130).
Synon. Epomia, Thaumalea.
● (Tyrannidae; syn. Machetornis Ϯ Cattle Tyrant M. rixosa) "TYRAN QUERELLEUR ou SUIRIRI, Tyrannus rixosus, Vieill. ... les plumes du sommet de la tête, brunes à leur extrémité, et d'un rouge d'écarlate dans le reste" (Vieillot 1819); "CHRYSOLOPHUS, Sw. Walking Tyrants. Bill lengthened, as long as the head; the sides compressed. Rictus bristled. Wings rounded; the first two quills gradually pointed at their ends; tertials lengthened, nearly as long as the primaries. Feet large, formed for walking. Lateral toes equal. Tail even. Brazil. C. ambulans. Spix, ii. pl. 23." (Swainson 1837); "Chrysolophus Swainson, 1837 (not of Gray, 1834), Class. Birds, 2, p. 225. Type, by monotypy, "C. ambulans. Spix, II, pl. 23" = Tyrannus rixosus Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 185).
chrysolophus / chrysolopos / chrysolopus
Gr. χρυσολοφος khrusolophos with golden crest < χρυσος khrusos gold; λοφος lophos crest.
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)