Pin-tailed Sandgrouse / Pterocles alchata
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tetrao Alchata Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.276
Taxonomy: Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles
Taxonomy Code: pitsan1
Type Locality: 'Monspelii, in Pyrenaeis, Sjnria, Arabia'' = southwestern Europe, from the first revisor, Bogdanow, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 27, 1881, col. 165-167.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTEROCLES
(Pteroclidae; Ϯ Pin-tailed Sandgrouse P. alchata) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs (in comp.) notable, splendid; "DISCOURS SUR LE GENRE GANGA. ... Le nom générique Pterocles, que je propose pour ce genre, indique que ces oiseaux ont dans la forme des ailes, quelque chose de particulier; et en effet, dans les genres nombreux dont l'ordre des Gallinacés est composé, les espèces de celui-ci et du genre suivant [Syrrhaptes] se distinguent, par la longueur de leurs ailes, dont la première rémige est la plus longue. ... GANGA UNIBANDE. Pterocles Arenarius ... GANGA BIBANDE. Pterocles bicinctus ... GANGA QUADRUBANDE. Pterocles quadricinctus ... GANGA CATA. Pterocles setarius ... GANGA VÉLOCIFER. Pterocles tachypetes" (Temminck 1815); "Pterocles Temminck, Pig. et Gall., 3, 1815, p. 238, 712. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao alchata Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63)." (Peters 1937, III, 3).
Var. Pteroctes, Pteroclis.
Synon. Attagen, Calopterocles, Coturnicoenas, Dilophilus, Eremialector, Ganga, Macleanornis, Namapterocles, Nyctiperdix, Oenas, Parapterocles, Psammoenas, Pteroclurus, Pterygocys.
pterocles
Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs notable, splendid.
alchata
Arabic onomatopoeia al Kattar the sandgrouse (Latham 1783; “The Arabian name is Kata”); "[Tetrao.] Alchata s. Filacotona Aldr. orn. l. 15. c. 8. Charl. onom. 77. t. 77. Habit. in Arabia, Monspelii; mihi non visa." (Linnaeus 1758); "103. TETRAO. ... Alchata. 11. T. pedibus subhirsutis muticis, rectricibus duabus intermediis duplo longioribus subulatis. Alchata s. Filacotona. Gesn. av. 311. t. 307. Aldr. orn. 2. p. 148, 501. Chartet. onom. 77. t. 77. Edw. av. 84. t. 249. Russel. alep. 64. t. 9. Bonasia pyrenaica. Briss. av. I. p. 195. t. 19. Habitat Monspelii, in Pyrenæis, Syria, Arabia. Supercilia Gulaque nigra. Pectorale lunatum, latum, fulvum nigro marginatum. Remiges primores cinereæ. Tectrices ferrugineæ albo margine. Cauda cuneiformis, lutea fasciis fuscis: Rectrices apice albo. Orbita oculorum nigra postice producta. Pedes antice hirsuti." (Linnaeus 1766) (Pterocles).
SUBSPECIES
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Iberian)
SCI Name: Pterocles alchata alchata
alchata
Arabic onomatopoeia al Kattar the sandgrouse (Latham 1783; “The Arabian name is Kata”); "[Tetrao.] Alchata s. Filacotona Aldr. orn. l. 15. c. 8. Charl. onom. 77. t. 77. Habit. in Arabia, Monspelii; mihi non visa." (Linnaeus 1758); "103. TETRAO. ... Alchata. 11. T. pedibus subhirsutis muticis, rectricibus duabus intermediis duplo longioribus subulatis. Alchata s. Filacotona. Gesn. av. 311. t. 307. Aldr. orn. 2. p. 148, 501. Chartet. onom. 77. t. 77. Edw. av. 84. t. 249. Russel. alep. 64. t. 9. Bonasia pyrenaica. Briss. av. I. p. 195. t. 19. Habitat Monspelii, in Pyrenæis, Syria, Arabia. Supercilia Gulaque nigra. Pectorale lunatum, latum, fulvum nigro marginatum. Remiges primores cinereæ. Tectrices ferrugineæ albo margine. Cauda cuneiformis, lutea fasciis fuscis: Rectrices apice albo. Orbita oculorum nigra postice producta. Pedes antice hirsuti." (Linnaeus 1766) (Pterocles).
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pin-tailed)
SCI Name: Pterocles alchata caudacutus
caudacuta / caudacutus
L. cauda tail; acutus sharp-pointed < acuere to sharpen to a point.
● ex “Sharp-tailed Oriole” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (Ammospiza).
● ex “Cola de agujas” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 227 (Culicivora).
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)