Storm’s Stork / Ciconia stormi
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Storm's Stork
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Protonym: Melanopelargus episcopus stormi Mitt.Geogr.Ges.Naturhist.Mus.Lubeck(2) -2 p.120
Taxonomy: Ciconiiformes / Ciconiidae / Ciconia
Taxonomy Code: stosto1
Type Locality: Pontianak, western Borneo.
Author: Blasius, W
Publish Year: 1896
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CICONIA
(Ciconiidae; Ϯ White Stork C. ciconia) L. ciconia stork; the White Stork is encouraged to nest on rooftops, stacks and chimneys in Europe, where its presence is hoped to bring good fortune; "LA CICOGNE BLANCHE. Ciconia alba; oculorum ambitu nudo, nigro; remigibus nigricantibus; rectricibus candidis. . . .CICONIA ALBA" (Brisson 1760): based on "Ciconia" of Gessner 1555, "Ciconia" or "Ciconia alba" of numerous other references, "Ardea alba" of Linnaeus 1746, and Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758; "Ciconia Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 361. Type, by tautonymy, Ciconia = Ardea Ciconia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 129).
Var. Coconia ("Mit dem Schnabel klappt er durch Zusammenschlagen wie Coconia" (Kaup 1857). Although indexed in the Richmond Card series, Kaup's name is a lapsus for Ciconia Brisson, 1760).
Synon. Abdimia, Diplura, Diplocercus, Dipluravis, Dissoura, Euxenura, Melanopelargus, Pelargos, Prociconia, Sphenorynchus.
ciconia
L. ciconia stork; "76. ARDEA. ... Ciconia. 7. A. alba, remigibus nigris, cute sanguinea. Ardea alba, remigibus rubris. Fn. svec. 136. Ciconia. Bell. av. 45. a. Gesn. av. 262. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 1. Jonst. av. 147. t. 50. Marsil. danub. 5. p. 26. t. 11. Ciconia alba. Will. orn. 210. Raj. av. 97. Alb. av. 2. p. 59. t. 64. Habitat in Europa, Asia, Africa. Cutis corporis sub pennis sanguinea. Nidus ad pagos in altis, resonans Passeribus; huic bonos serpentum exitio tantus, ut occidere nefas; noctu stridet; migrat trans pontum in Ægyptum, Æthiopiam; æstivat inter Sveciam & Italiam." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ciconia).
stormi
Capt. Theodor Hugo Storm (1850-1927) German mariner, collector in the East Endies, emigrated to USA 1893 (Ciconia).
● See: stormsi
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)
