Taczanowski’s Tinamou / Nothoprocta taczanowskii
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Taczanowski's Tinamou
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Protonym: Nothoprocta taczanowskii Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1874) (1874), Pt4 p.679 pl.84
Taxonomy: Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Nothoprocta
Taxonomy Code: tactin1
Type Locality: Maraynioc, Junin, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
NOTHOPROCTA
(Tinamidae; Ϯ Chilean Tinamou N. perdicaria) Gr. νοθος nothos spurious; πρωκτος prōktos tail, rear; "Genus V.— NOTHOPROCTA, GEN. NOV. VIII. 1 perdicaria (Kittl.) ex Chilia. *2 ornata (Gray) ex Bolivia. *3 pentlandi (Gray) ex Bolivia. 4 curvirostris, sp. nov. xxxi. ex Æquatoria. ... VIII.— NOTHOPROCTA, gen. nov. p. 153 (νοθος, spurius et πρωκτος, pars posterior corporis). Genus inter Rhynchotum et Nothuram medium, quoad scuta tarsi illi magis affine, sed digito postico brevi distinguendum. Typus, N. PERDICARIA, i.e. Crypturus perdicarius Kittlitz, ex Chilia." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873).
taczanowskia / taczanowskii / taczanowskius
Władysław Taczanowski (1819-1890) Polish zoologist, collector, Curator of Zoology, Warsaw University Mus., 1862-1890 (subsp. Asthenes flammulata, Atlapetes (ex Buarremon mystacalis Taczanowski, 1874), Cinclodes, syn. Columba rupestris, subsp. Euphonia chlorotica, syn. Garrulus glandarius brandtii, syn. Heliangelus clarisse, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, Leptopogon, Leucippus, syn. Limnodromus semipalmatus, syn. Locustella luteoventris, Nothoprocta, Onychostruthus, subsp. Picumnus lafresnayi, Podiceps, subsp. Riparia riparia, Sicalis, subsp. Tetrao urogallus, syn. Thalurania furcata jelskii).
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)
