Nubian Bustard / Neotis nuba
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Nubian Bustard
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Protonym: Otis Nuba AtlasReis.nord.Afr.Vog.[Ruppell](1826) -1826 p.1 pl.1
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Neotis
Taxonomy Code: nubbus1
Type Locality: Kurgos, near Shendi, Sudan.
Author: Cretzschmar
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
NEOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Ludwig's Bustard N. ludwigii) Gr. νεος neos new, different; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "NEOTIS, gen. n. Simile generi "Lissotis" dicto, sed rostro longiore, culmine digitum medium cum ungue excedente. Typus est Neotis ludwigi (Rüpp.)" (Sharpe 1893).
nuba / nubica
L. Nuba Nubian (ancient Nubia, the land of negroes, lay in the Nile valley to the south of Egypt).
● ex “Pic tacheté de Nubie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 667, and “Épeiche de Nubie ondé et tacheté” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Campethera).
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)
