White-crested Bittern / Tigriornis leucolopha
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White-crested Bittern
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Protonym: Tigrisoma leucolopha Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1), 17 p.86
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Tigriornis
Taxonomy Code: whcbit1
Type Locality: Old Calabar River or Bonny River, Nigeria.
Author: Jardine
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TIGRIORNIS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ White-crested Tiger Heron T. leucolopha) Gr. τιγρις tigris, τιγριδος tigridos tiger (cf. genus Tigrisoma Swainson, 1827, tiger bittern); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "TIGRIORNIS, gen. n. Genus simile generi 'Tigriosoma' dicto, sed tarso anteriore reticulato distinguendum. Typus est Tigriornis leucolopha (Jard.)." (Sharpe 1895).
Var. Tigrornis.
Synon. Tigribaphe.
leucolopha / leucolophos / leucolophus
Gr. λευκολοφος leukolophos white-crested < λευκος leukos white; λοφος lophos crest.
● ex Crax cumanensis von Jacquin, 1784, and “Yacou” of Bajon 1777 (syn. Pipile cumanensis).
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)
