Plumbeous Kite / Ictinia plumbea
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Plumbeous Kite
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco plumbeus Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.283
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Ictinia
Taxonomy Code: plukit1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ICTINIA
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Plumbeous Kite I. plumbea) Gr. ικτιν iktin or ικτινος iktinos kite; "16. ICTINIE, Ictinia. Falco, Lath. Bec court, droit à la base, rétréci en dessus; mandibule supérieure à bords dilatés en forme de dent; l'inférieure échancrée vers le bout. — Cire nue. — Tarses courts, grêles. — Doigts courts; les extérieurs unis à l'origine par une membrane; ongles courts, peu aigus. — Rectrices égales. Esp. Milan-Cresserelle, Vieill. Oiseaux de l'Amér. sept." (Vieillot 1816); "Ictinia Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 24. Type, by monotypy, Milan-Cresserelle Vieillot = Falco plumbeus Gmelin." (Peters 1931, 1, 201).
Var. Ictinea.
Synon. Nertus, Poecilopteryx.
plumbea
L. plumbeus leaden, plumbeous, lead-coloured < plumbum lead.
● ex “Garza Aplomada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 347 (syn. Ardea cocoi).
● ex “Spotted-tailed Hobby” of Latham 1781 (Ictinia).
● ex “Todus supra ex plumbeo canus ...” of Pallas 1769, and “Plumbeous Tody” of Latham 1782 (Polioptila).
● ex “Plumbeous Warbler” of Latham 1787 (unident.).
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)
