Slaty Cuckoo-Dove / Turacoena modesta
Slaty Cuckoo-Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba modesta Pl.Col. livr.93 pl.552
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Turacoena
Taxonomy Code: slacud1
Type Locality: Timor.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
TURACOENA
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-faced Cuckoo Dove T. manadensis) Genus Turacus Cuvier, 1800, turaco; Gr. οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; “Le second genre de Macropygieæ est TURACŒNA, Bp., ainsi composé par moi pour rappeler une forte ressemblance avec les Touracos. Il est constitué par deux espèces bien connues et bien figurées, les Col. manadensis, Quoy et Gaim., de Célèbes, à masque blanc et plumage vert doré; et Col. modesta, Temm., de Timor, à plumage noirâtre, vert sur le haut du dos seulement.” (Bonaparte 1854); "*52. Turacoena, Bp. 1854. (Macropygia, p. Gr.) Orbitae nudae: pedes brevissimi: cauda minus gradata. Oc. 2. 1. COLUMBA manadensis, Quoy et Gaim. ... 2. COLUMBA modesta, Temm." (Bonaparte 1855); "Turacoena Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 39, 1854, p. 112 [sic = 1112]. Type, by subsequent designation, Columba manadensis Quoy and Gaimard. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 150.)" (Peters 1937, III, 74).
Var. Turacaena.
Synon. Haploenas.
modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus plain, modest, unassuming < modus measure, standard.
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)