Pacific Baza

SCI Name:  Aviceda subcristata
Protonym:  Lepidogenys subcristatus Syn.BirdsAustr. pt3 pl.46,text
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Aviceda
Taxonomy Code:  pacbaz1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AVICEDA
(Accipitridae; Ϯ African Cuckoo Falcon A. cuculoides) L. avis  bird; -cida  killer  > caedere  to kill; "one we have received from Western Africa, and to which we have given the name Aviceda.  This subgenus, for as such we consider it, appears to follow that of Lophotes: both have the bills bidentate; both have remarkably long wings, and short tarsi; but the bill of Aviceda is much more powerful, while the feet are stout, and the claws strong and well curved. In the structure of its feet it differs from all the falcons we have yet examined. The tarsus is not longer than the hind toe and claw, and, from being feathered for more than half its length, it appears even shorter: the sole of the foot is remarkably broad, and is entirely destitute of those prominent callous pads which belong to Falco, Harpagus, and most of the hawks. Unlike all these genera, the inner toe is decidedly longer than the outer; so that the bird, in fact, may be said to have the feet and wings of Cyminidis, with the bill of Harpagus and Lophotes: it is a falcon in the disguise of a kite, — as such, at least, we view it; and by placing it next Lophotes, its station in the circle actually confirms this analogy." (Swainson 1836); "AVICEDA, Swain.  ...  A. cuculoïdes.  West. Afr. i. pl. 1." (Swainson 1837); "Aviceda Swainson, Classif. Bds., 1, 1836, p. 300 (diagnosis; no included species). Type, by subsequent designation, Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, op. cit., 2, 1837, p. 214." (Peters, 1931, 1, p. 195).
Var. Avecida, Avicida (“For Aviceda, Sw., write Avicida ... after the analogy of regicida, &c.” (Strickland 1841)).
Synon. Baza, Hyptiopus, Lepidogenys, Lophastur, Lophotes, Nesobaza.

subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub  slightly, somewhat; cristatus  crested  < crista  crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).

SUBSPECIES

Pacific Baza (timorlaoensis)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata timorlaoensis
timorlaoensis / timorlautensis
Timorlaut, Dutch East Indies / Tanimbar Is., Indonesia.

Pacific Baza (pallida)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata pallida
pallida
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.

Pacific Baza (reinwardtii)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata reinwardtii
reinwardti / reinwardtii
Prof. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854) Dutch naturalist, collector in the East Indies 1817-1822 (Apalharpactes, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, Selenidera, Turdoides).

Pacific Baza (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).

Pacific Baza (rufa)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata rufa
rufa
L. rufus  red, ruddy. In ornithology rufus, rufa and rufum cover a wide spectrum of colours from yellow, orange and brown to crimson, scarlet and purple.
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  rufus.  8. T. rostro pedibusque sanguineis, gula alba cincta fascia nigra albo-punctata.  Tetrao rectricibus cinereis: superiore medietate hinc inde rufis. Fn. svec. 171.  Perdix rufa s. major. Gesn. av. 682. Aldr. orn. l. 13. c. 18. Jonst. av. 68. t. 27. Will. orn. 118. t. 29. Raj. av. 57. Alb. av. I. p. 29. t. 29.  Habitat in Europa australiori.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Alectoris).
● ex “Anhinga roux” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Anhinga).
● ex “Ferrugineous Duck” of Pennant 1776 (?syn. Aythya nyroca).
● ex “Pie rousse de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Dendrocitta vagabunda).
● ex “Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 902 (syn. Egretta rufescens).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 1, and “Rufous-bellied Swallow” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hirundo erythrogaster).
● ex “Alouette noire de la Encenada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 738, fig. 2, and “Alouette noire à dos fauve” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lessonia).
● ex “Lanius madagascariensis rufus” of Brisson 1760 (Schetba).
● ex “Fauvette rousse” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 1 (?syn. Sylvia communis).
● ex “Kleinste Grasmücke” of Frisch 1733, “Curruca rufa” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette rousse” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Rufous Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Sylvia communis).
● ex “Schet Roux” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 147 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).

Pacific Baza (waigeuensis)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata waigeuensis
waigeuense / waigeuensis / waigeunsis / waigiouensis / waigiuensis / waigoui
Waigiu I., Moluccas, Dutch New Guinea / Waigeu or Waigeo, Raja Ampat group, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pacific Baza (obscura)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata obscura
obscura
L. obscurus  dark, dusky, covered, obscure.
● ex “Dusky Duck” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Anas rubripes).
● ex “Brown Tern” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Yacúhú” of de Azara 1802-1805, No. 335: “Yacús  ...  Asi llaman los Güaranís á tres páxaros  ...  á otro llamado Mitú” (Penelope).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Pterodroma alba; unident.).

Pacific Baza (stenozona)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata stenozona
stenozona
Gr. στηνος stēnos narrow, thin; ζωνη zōnē girdle, belt.

Pacific Baza (megala)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata megala
megala
Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  big, great, large, grand, mighty, strong, proud, illustrious  (cf. μεγαλως megalōs  exceedingly  < μεγας megas large).

Pacific Baza (coultasi)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata coultasi
coultasi
Cdr. William Ferrell Coultas (1899-1965) US Navy, intelligence officer, collector in the Pacific 1929-1937 (Mark Brown in litt.) (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, Monachella, Rhipidura, subsp. Symposiachrus infelix).

Pacific Baza (bismarckii)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata bismarckii
bismarckii
Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. The archipelago was named for Otto Eduard Leopold Fürst von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1815-1898) Prussian statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire 1871-1890. The main islands, formerly part of German New Guinea 1884-1919, are New Britain (German Neu-Pommern), New Ireland (German Neu-Mecklenburg), Manus, Mussau (German St Matthias), and Lavongai (German Neu-Hannover).

Pacific Baza (gurneyi)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata gurneyi
gurneyi
John Henry Gurney, Sr. (1819-1890) English banker, MP, ornithologist specialising in raptors, founder member of BOU (syn. Accipiter brevipes, syn. Anaplectes rubriceps, Aquila, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, Geokichla, Hydrornis, Mimizuku, syn. Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis, syn. Podiceps nigricollis, Promerops).

Pacific Baza (subcristata)
SCI Name: Aviceda subcristata subcristata
subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub  slightly, somewhat; cristatus  crested  < crista  crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).