Makira Moorhen / Gallinula silvestris
Makira Moorhen
SCI Name:
Protonym: Edithornis silvestris Am.Mus.Novit. no.590 p.1
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Gallinula
Taxonomy Code: sacmoo1
Type Locality:
Author: Mayr
Publish Year: 1933
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
GALLINULA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Common Moorhen G. chloropus) Late Med. L. gallinula moorhen or waterhen, so named for its cocked tail and halting progress < L. gallinula little hen, chicken < dim. gallina hen < gallus cockerel; "Gallinula. Genus 88. ... **1. LA POULE-D'EAU ... GALLINULA. ... Elle est à peu près de la grosseur d'une petite Poule. ... On les trouve dans les rivieres & les étangs. Elles font leur nid dans les broussailles qui se trouvent sur leurs bords" (Brisson 1760): based on "Gallinula Chloropus" of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and many other authors, and Fulica Chloropus Linnaeus, 1758; "Gallinula Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 50; 6, p. 2. Type, by tautonymy, Gallinula Brisson = Fulica chloropus Linné." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 202). This genus formerly included Paragallinula, Porphyriops, Porphyriornis and Tribonyx.
Var. Callinula, Galinula.
Synon. Hydrogallina, Stagnicola.
gallinula
Late Med. L. gallinula moorhen or waterhen < L. gallinula little hen < dim. gallina hen < gallus cockerel.
● ex “Gallinago minima” of Belon 1555, “Gid,” “Jack-Snipe” or “Judcock” of Ray 1713, and “Petite Beccassine” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Lymnocryptes minima).
silvestris
L. silvestris of the woods < silva woodland.
● ex “Dindon d’Amérique” of Bartram 1799 (subsp. Meleagris gallopavo).
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)