Roadside Hawk / Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco magnirostris Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.282
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Rupornis
Taxonomy Code: roahaw
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RUPORNIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Roadside Hawk R. magnirostris) Gr. ῥυπος rhupos dirt, filth; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "5. Geschlecht. Bussardsperber, Asturina, Kaup. Sie haben einen grossen, fast graden, an der Spitze gebogenen Schnabel; sie erinnern an die Seeadler. ... Das 2. Untergeschlecht scheint der Falco magnirostris zu bilden, das ich Rupornis nenne." (Kaup 1844); "Rupornis Kaup, Classif. Saug. Vögel, p. 120, 1844—type, by monotypy, Falco magnirostris Gmelin." (Hellmayr & Conover 1949, XIII, 84).
Var. Rypornis ("Rypornis ... Nomen: avis sordida ρυπος sordes, Typus F. magnirostris Gm; Pl. Enl. 464." (Sundevall 1874)).
Synon. Potamolegus.
magnirostre / magnirostris
L. magnus great; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (Galerida).
● ex “Épervier à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 464, and “Great-billed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Rupornis).
SUBSPECIES
Roadside Hawk (Cozumel I.)
SCI Name: Rupornis magnirostris gracilis
gracilis
L. gracilis or gracilus slender, elegant, slim, thin.
● “has many characters in common with the Ptilotis chrysotis ... and the Ptilotis similis ... but it differs from both in the greater slenderness of its form, in its diminutive size, and, especially from the former, in the uniform colouring of its throat and abdomen” (Gould 1866) (Microptilotis).
● ex “Gracile Goatsucker” of Latham 1801 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
Roadside Hawk (Northern)
SCI Name: Rupornis magnirostris [magnirostris Group]
RUPORNIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Roadside Hawk R. magnirostris) Gr. ῥυπος rhupos dirt, filth; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "5. Geschlecht. Bussardsperber, Asturina, Kaup. Sie haben einen grossen, fast graden, an der Spitze gebogenen Schnabel; sie erinnern an die Seeadler. ... Das 2. Untergeschlecht scheint der Falco magnirostris zu bilden, das ich Rupornis nenne." (Kaup 1844); "Rupornis Kaup, Classif. Saug. Vögel, p. 120, 1844—type, by monotypy, Falco magnirostris Gmelin." (Hellmayr & Conover 1949, XIII, 84).
Var. Rypornis ("Rypornis ... Nomen: avis sordida ρυπος sordes, Typus F. magnirostris Gm; Pl. Enl. 464." (Sundevall 1874)).
Synon. Potamolegus.
Roadside Hawk (Southern)
SCI Name: Rupornis magnirostris [pucherani Group]
RUPORNIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Roadside Hawk R. magnirostris) Gr. ῥυπος rhupos dirt, filth; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "5. Geschlecht. Bussardsperber, Asturina, Kaup. Sie haben einen grossen, fast graden, an der Spitze gebogenen Schnabel; sie erinnern an die Seeadler. ... Das 2. Untergeschlecht scheint der Falco magnirostris zu bilden, das ich Rupornis nenne." (Kaup 1844); "Rupornis Kaup, Classif. Saug. Vögel, p. 120, 1844—type, by monotypy, Falco magnirostris Gmelin." (Hellmayr & Conover 1949, XIII, 84).
Var. Rypornis ("Rypornis ... Nomen: avis sordida ρυπος sordes, Typus F. magnirostris Gm; Pl. Enl. 464." (Sundevall 1874)).
Synon. Potamolegus.
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)