Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma matsudairae
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Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
SCI Name:
Protonym: Oceanodroma melania matsudariae Ibis p.311
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae / Oceanodroma
Taxonomy Code: maspet2
Type Locality: Sagami Bay, Japan.
Author: Kuroda Sr
Publish Year: 1922
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
Oceanodroma
(syn. Hydrobates Ϯ Fork-tailed Storm-petrel H. furcata) Gr. ωκεανος ōkeanos ocean; -δρομος -dromos -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "Genera et Species typicæ. ... d. Oceanodroma Rchb. furcata (Proc. — L. Gm.) Ic. Av. t. 16. ic. 785. t. 18. ic. 2245—46." (Reichenbach 1853); "185. Oceanodroma, Reich. (Thalassidroma, p. Gr.) Rostrum majusculum; tubo nasali recto: alae modicae: cauda furcata: pedes breves, podiis angustis; unguibus parvulis, compressis. Dilute cinereae. M. Atl. et Pac. 2. 1. PROCELLARIA furcata, Gm. ... 2. THALASSIDROMA hornbyi, Gr." (Bonaparte 1857). Var. Oceanododroma, Oceandodroma.
matsudairae / matsudairai
Yorikatsu Viscount Matsudaira (1876-1945) Japanese ornithologist (syn. Catharacta maccormicki, Hydrobates, subsp. Picoides kizuki).
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)
