Pheasant-tailed Jacana / Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tringa Chirurgus Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.92
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Jacanidae / Hydrophasianus
Taxonomy Code: phtjac1
Type Locality: ' In nova Guiana'' = Luzon, ex Sonnerat.
Author: Scopoli
Publish Year: 1786
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYDROPHASIANUS
(Jacanidae; Ϯ Pheasant-tailed Jaçana H. chirurgus) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro- water- < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos water; φασιανος phasianos pheasant; "Genus Hydrophasianus Wagl., Wasserfasan. Genus novum. Zu dieser sehr natürlichen Sippe gehört als Grundform: Parra sinensis Auct. Die Gestalt der Flügel und des Schwanzes, der Mangel von Lappen am Kopfe u.s.w. sind als äußere Kennzeichen dieser Sippe vorzüglich zu beachten." (Wagler 1832); "Hydrophasianus Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 279. Type, by original designation, Parra chinensis [sic] Auct. = Tringa chirurgus Scopoli." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 227).
Var. Hydrophasis (Mod. L. phasis pheasant < Med. L. phasis avis pheasant).
Synon. Diplopteryx.
chirurgus
L. chirurgus surgeon < Gr. χειρουργος kheirourgos surgeon < χειρ kheir, χειρος kheiros hand; -ουργος -ourgos worker < ερδω erdō to do; “le nom de Chirurgien ...Ses ailes sont armées d’une épine ou protubérance, de substance cornée, qu’on a apparemment comparée à une lancette” (Scopoli 1786); ex “Chirurgien de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Hydrophasianus).
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)