Spot-winged Wood-Quail / Odontophorus capueira
WBN 
Spot-winged Wood-Quail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Perdix capueira Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.59 pl.76a
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Odontophorus
Taxonomy Code: swwqua1
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes.''
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ODONTOPHORUS
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Marbled Wood Quail O. gujanensis) Gr. οδοντοφορος odontophoros bearing teeth < οδους odous, οδοντος odontos tooth; φερω pherō to carry; "188. TOCRO, Odontophorus. Tetrao, Linn. Gm. Perdix, Lath. Bec nu à la base, convexe en dessus, très-comprimé, crochu vers le bout; mandibule inférieure bidentée près la pointe. — Orbites et lorum nus. — Queue arrondie. — Rectrices 12. Esp. Tocro, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Odontophorus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 51. Type, by monotypy, "Tocro," Buffon = Tetrao gujanensis Gmelin." (Peters 1934, II, 51).
Var. Odonthophorus, Dentophorus (L. dens, dentis tooth).
Synon. Strophiortyx.
capueira
Brazilian Portuguese name Capueira for a forest partridge < Tupí Caapora or Corupira spirit of the woods, forest dweller; "PERDIX CAPUEIRA. ... Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro et Minas Geraës proximis, vesperam nec non noctem cantu gallinaceo indicans; foemina mare minor, ab incolis Capueira vel Caproh, ab authoribus Perdix guianensis et dentata dicta." (von Spix 1825) (Odontophorus).
SUBSPECIES
Spot-winged Wood-Quail (plumbeicollis)
SCI Name: Odontophorus capueira plumbeicollis
plumbeicollis
L. plumbeus plumbeous < plumbum lead; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
Spot-winged Wood-Quail (capueira)
SCI Name: Odontophorus capueira capueira
capueira
Brazilian Portuguese name Capueira for a forest partridge < Tupí Caapora or Corupira spirit of the woods, forest dweller; "PERDIX CAPUEIRA. ... Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro et Minas Geraës proximis, vesperam nec non noctem cantu gallinaceo indicans; foemina mare minor, ab incolis Capueira vel Caproh, ab authoribus Perdix guianensis et dentata dicta." (von Spix 1825) (Odontophorus).
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)
