Spectacled Guillemot / Cepphus carbo
Spectacled Guillemot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cepphus Carbo Zoogr.Rosso-Asiat. 2 p.350
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Cepphus
Taxonomy Code: spegui1
Type Locality: Aleutians, Unalaska and Kurile Islands; restricted type locality, Kurile Islands, the other two localities being erroneous.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CEPPHUS
(Alcidae; Ϯ Black Guillemot C. grylle) Gr. κεπφος kepphos unknown pale waterbird, later variously identified (e.g. storm-petrel, gull, gannet, auk), mentioned by Aristotle, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others; "CEPPHVS LACTEOLUS. Avibus aquaticis novis jure infero avem nullibi apud Ornithologos memoratam, mihique semel omnino visam, marinam, ex earum genere, quas omnium primus, a Colymbis (rostro nimium similibus, sed defectu caudae et structura singulari pedum diversissimis) optimo jure distinxit MOEHRINGIVS, Cepphos appellans; quas dein BRISSONIVS in duo genera, tridactylum Uriae, et digito postico minuto praeditum Mergi minutiose dispescuit; KLEINIVS vero inter Plautos et Plotos suos atque inter Colymbos LINNAEVS recensuerunt. ... Magnitudo querquedulae seu Cepphi Grylle dicti, adeoque longe infra C. Lomviam." (Pallas 1769); "Cepphus Pallas, Spic. Zool., 1, fasc. 5, 1769, p. 33. Type, by monotypy, Cepphus lacteolus Pallas = Alca grylle Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 353).
Var. Chephus, Cephus.
Synon. Grylle, Plautus, Pseuduria, Uria.
● (Gaviidae; syn. Gavia Ϯ Black-throated Diver G. arctica) "76. CEPPHUS.* Colymbi species. LINN. ed. 6. gen. 51. Colymbi caudati. WILL. & RAI. Des. Rostrum subulatum, rectum. Mandibula inferior ad gutturis principium obiter angulosa: angulo obiter sulcato. Nares lineari-oblongæ. Cauda brevissima. Femora intra abdomen, pone æquilibrium ad podicem posita, ut perpendiculari fere corpore incedere cogatur. Digiti antici tres, membrana intermedia toti cohærentes: posticus solutus, adpendice membranaceo auctus." (Moehring 1752); "WITTE ZEE-MEEUW, in 't Latyn Cepphus. LINNÆUS. Syst. Nat. gesl. 51 [Colymbus]. Gestaarte Duikeren van WILLUGHBY & RAY" (Moehring 1758).
● (Scopidae; syn. Scopus Ϯ Hamerkop S. umbretta) "GENUS CEPPHUS.* ... *) Kεπφος Arat. Avis quaedam palustris, ex ardeae (?) genere. (Nomen a cl. Pallasio pro genere Uria Brissonii et auctorum adhibitum.) Scopus (nomen solum specificum) Briss., Gmel., Lath., Cuv., Lacép., Illig., Vieill., Temm. ... 1. C. Scopus. ... Scopus Briss. Ornith. 5. p. 505. (Descript. opt.) Ombrette du Senegal Buff. pl. enl. n. 796. (Fig. mediocr.) Scopus Umbretta Auctor. Lath. Synops. 5. t. 40 (fig. inaccurata)" (Wagler 1827); "Cepphus Wagler, 1827, Systema Avium, p. [145]. Type, by monotypy, Scopus umbretta auct., i.e. Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2021).
cepphus
Gr. κεπφος kepphos pale unknown waterbird, later variously identified (syn. Stercorarius parasiticus).
carbo
L. carbo, carbonis charcoal (i.e. black).
● “C. tridactylus, totus niger” (Pallas 1811) (Cepphus).
● "66. PELECANUS. ... Carbo. 3. P. cauda æquali, corpore nigro, rostro edentulo. Pelecanus corpore atro, subtus albicante, rectricibus quatuordecim. Fn. svec. 116. Carbo aquaticus. Gesn. av. 137. Cervus [sic] aquaticus. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 55. Jonst. av. t. 47. Will. orn. 248. t. 63. Raj. av. 122. Mars. danub. 16. t. 36. Alb. av. 2. p. 74. t. 81. Habitat in Europa; nidificat in altis arboribus. Cauda longior & laxior quam in reliquis aquaticis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phalacrocorax).
Carbo
(Phalacrocoracidae; syn. Phalacrocorax † Great Cormorant P. carbo) Specific name Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758; "VINGT-HUITIÈME ORDRE. Bec crochu. ... 96. CORMORAN. Carbo. { Le bec un peu comprimé; la queue très-roide." (de Lacépède 1799); "Carbo Lacépède, Tabl. Méth. Mam. Ois., p. 15, 1799—type, by tautonymy, Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 137).
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)