White-bellied Nothura / Nothura boraquira
White-bellied Nothura
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tinamus boraquira Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.63 pl.79
Taxonomy: Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Nothura
Taxonomy Code: whbnot1
Type Locality: 'in campis petrosis districtus adamantini.'' Type from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NOTHURA
(Tinamidae; Ϯ White-bellied Nothura N. boraquira) Gr. νοθος nothos spurious; ουρα oura tail; "GENUS NOTHURA.* ROSTRUM habitu universali Crypturi, per totam longitudinem subarcuatum, in omnibus capite brevius, ratione longitudinis quam in Crypturis basi latius, sulco laterali maxillae latiore et profundiore, gonyde distincto, plano, per totam longitudinem aequali latitudine. NARES laterales subbasales, ante ceroma subgibbosum sitae, patulae, oblongae. LINGUA eadem quae Crypturorum. FACIES plumosa, orbitae superius ciliatae. PEDES iidem qui Crypturorum sectionis secundae, halluce longiore, mobili sed amoto. CAUDA nulla, ejus loco ossis coccygis et crissi plumae elongatae fasciculum plumarum subconicum, pendulum formantes. ALAE eaedem quae Crypturorum, remix prima 2, 3 et 4 omnium longissimis paulo brevior. PTILOSIS eadem quae Crypturorum; plumae anales molles rhachi subtilissima, densae, conico-acuminatae, trunci duplicatae. *) Nοθος nothus, spurius, ουρα cauda. Germanice: Scheinschweif. ... 1. N. Boraquira. ... 2. N. major. ... 3. N. medius. ... 4. N. minor. ... 5. N. nana." (Wagler 1827); "Nothura Wagler, Syst. Av., 1827, Nothura. Type, by subsequent designation, Tinamus boraquira Spix (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63.)" (Peters 1931, I, 26).
Var. Nothera, Nothoura.
Synon. Tinamisornis.
boraquira
Local Brazilian name Codorna buraqueira hole-digger quail (currently used for the Lesser Nothura (Sick 1993)) (Nothura).
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)