Reunion Harrier / Circus maillardi
WBN 
Reunion Harrier
SCI Name:
Protonym: Circus Maillardi IleReunion[Maillard] p.160
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Circus
Taxonomy Code: reuhar2
Type Locality: Reunion.
Author: Verreaux, J
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CIRCUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Western Marsh Harrier C. aeruginosus) Gr. κιρκος kirkos partly mythical hawk, named for its circling flight < κιρκος kirkos circle, mentioned by many classical authors and later identified with the Hen Harrier (cf. κιρκη kirkē bird referred to by Aelianus, different to κιρκος kirkos but not otherwise identified); "BUSARD. Circus. { Le bec courbé dès la base; la tête plate en dessus, et garnie de plumes; la base du bec recouverte d'une cire; les ailes très-longues; la première penne de l'aile, très-courte; le tarse long et grêle." (de Lacépède 1799); "Circus Lacépède, Tabl. Ois., 1799, p. 4. Type, by subsequent designation, Falco aeruginosus Linné. (Lesson, Man. d'Orn., 1, 1828, p. 105.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 264).
Var. Cercus.
Synon. Eucircus, Glaucopteryx, Melanocircus, Polyborus, Pseudocircus, Pterocircus, Pygargus, Spilocircus, Spizacircus, Strigiceps.
circus
Gr. κιρκος kirkos partly mythical hawk, named for its circling flight < κιρκος kirkos circle (syn. Circus aeruginosus).
maillardi
Louis Maillard (1814-1865) French engineer on Réunion, botanist (Circus).
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)
