Surf Scoter / Melanitta perspicillata
Surf Scoter
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas perspicillata Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.125
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Melanitta
Taxonomy Code: sursco
Type Locality: Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELANITTA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Velvet Scoter M. fusca) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; νηττα nētta duck; "Familie. Enten, Anas. ... 155. Gattung. Melanitta. 395. nigra. 396. fusca. 397. perspicillata." (Boie 1822); "Melanitta Boie, Isis von Oken, 1822, col. 564. Type, by subsequent designation, Anas fusca Linné. (Eyton, Monogr. Anat., 1838, p. 52.)" (Peters 1931, I, 181).
Var. Melanetta.
Synon. Ania, Maceranas, Macroramphus, Melanonetta, Oidemia, Pelionetta, Phaeonetta.
perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus spectacled < L. perspicillum lens, spectacle < perspicere to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS. ... perspicillata. 22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares. Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155. Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).
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)