White-eared Night-Heron / Gorsachius magnificus
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White-eared Night-Heron
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nycticorax magnificus Ibis p.586
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Gorsachius
Taxonomy Code: wenher1
Type Locality: Five-finger Mountain, Hainan.
Author: Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year: 1899
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
GORSACHIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Japanese Night Heron G. goisagi) Specific name Ardea goisagi Temminck, 1836; “122. Gorsachius, Pucheran. (Nycticorax! part. Gr.) Rostrum breve fere CUCULACEUM (LEPTOSOMI!) As. or. 1. ARDEA GOISAKI, Temm. (Botaurus goisagi, Reich. - Nycticorax goisagi, Gr. - Gorsachius typus, Pucheran.) Pl. col. 582. juv.. - Schleg., Faun. Jap. Av. t. 75. - Reich., Syst. Av. t. 149. f. 2566 et 2567. - Mus. Paris. adult. 1829. a Brossardo. et juv. a Temm. ex Japan. nec Ins. Philippensibus.” (Bonaparte 1855); "Gorsachius Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 2, 1855, p. 138. Type, by monotypy, Nycticorax goisagi Temminck." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 117).
Var. Goisachius, Goisakius, Goraschius, Gorsakius.
Synon. Butio, Limnophylax, Oroanassa.
magnificus
L. magnificus splendid, magnificent < magnus great; facere to make.
● ex “Magnifique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 631 (Cicinnurus).
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)
