Siberian Grouse

SCI Name:  Falcipennis falcipennis
Protonym:  Tetrao falcipennis J.Orn. 3 p.39
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae / Falcipennis
Taxonomy Code:  sibgro2
Type Locality:  Southern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Stanovoi Mountains.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

FALCIPENNIS
(Tetraonidae; Ϯ Siberian Grouse F. falcipennis) Specific name Tetrao falcipennis Hartlaub, 1855; the Siberian Grouse was formerly known as Sickle-winged Grouse; "Tetronidæ  ...  6th. I would propose, as a generic term, founded upon the peculiar formation of its primary feathers, the specific appellation Falcipennis — confined to Asia, and in complement to its discoverer Hartlaubii." (Elliot 1864); "Falcipennis Elliot, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 23. Type, by monotypy, Falcipennis hartlaubii Elliot = Tetrao falcipennis Hartlaub." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 36).

falcipennis
L. falx, falcis  sickle; -pennis  -winged  < penna  feather.

FALCIPENNIS
(Tetraonidae; Ϯ Siberian Grouse F. falcipennis) Specific name Tetrao falcipennis Hartlaub, 1855; the Siberian Grouse was formerly known as Sickle-winged Grouse; "Tetronidæ  ...  6th. I would propose, as a generic term, founded upon the peculiar formation of its primary feathers, the specific appellation Falcipennis — confined to Asia, and in complement to its discoverer Hartlaubii." (Elliot 1864); "Falcipennis Elliot, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 23. Type, by monotypy, Falcipennis hartlaubii Elliot = Tetrao falcipennis Hartlaub." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 36).

falcipennis
L. falx, falcis  sickle; -pennis  -winged  < penna  feather.