Reunion Starling / Fregilupus varius
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Reunion Starling
SCI Name:
Protonym: Upupa varia TablePlanchesEnlum. p.43
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Fregilupus
Taxonomy Code: reusta1
Type Locality: No locality = Reunion Island.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
FREGILUPUS
‡ (Sturnidae; Ϯ Réunion Starling F. varius) Portmanteau of genera Fregilus Cuvier 1817, chough, and Upupa Linnaeus, 1758, hoopoe (cf. French name Huppe hoopoe, given to the Réunion Starling by early settlers, from its crest and stout, curved bill); "LXXXVII.e Genre. CRAVUPPE; Fregilupus. Bec un peu plus court de la tête, haut, très-comprimé sur les côtés, à mandibule supérieure plus longue que l'inférieure, à arête légèrement recourbée, à narines en partie couvertes par les plumes du front, ouvertes, arrondies sur les côtés ... Observ. M. Temminck classe cet oiseau parmi les martins. Il a tous les caractères des huppes et des craves. CRAVUPPE DU CAP; Fregilupus capensis. Huppe du Cap, Upupa capensis, Gm.; Levaill., pl. 3; Enl., 697." (Lesson 1830); "Fregilupus Lesson, 1831, Traité Orn., p. 323. Type, by monotypy, Upupa capensis Gmelin = Upupa varia Boddaert." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 103).
Synon. Lamprolophos, Lophopsarus.
varius
L. varius various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Cassican de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 628, and “Pied Roller” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cracticus cassicus).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado debaxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 187 (Empidonomus).
● ex “Huppe du cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 697, “Huppe noire et blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Madagascar Hoopoe” of Latham 1783 (Fregilupus).
● ex “Basterd Baltimore female” of Catesby 1731-1743, “Carouge de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 607, fig. 1, and “Chesnut and black Baltimore” of Latham 1782 (syn. Icterus spurius).
● ex “Bunter Fasan” of Frisch 1735, “Phasianus albus et rufo varius” of Brisson 1760, and "Faisan varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “Varied Parrot” of Latham 1822 (Psephotellus).
● ex “Yellow-belly’d Wood-pecker” of Catesby 1731 (Sphyrapicus).
● ex “Pied Shag” of Latham 1785 (Stictocarbo).
● ex “Ispida indica” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, “Todus varius” of Brisson 1760, and “Todier varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (unident.; ?Nectariniidae).
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)
