White-quilled Bustard / Eupodotis afraoides
WBN 
White-quilled Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis Afraoïdes Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.1 p.11
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Eupodotis
Taxonomy Code: whqbus1
Type Locality: Flats near the Orange River.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPODOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Senegal Bustard E. senegalensis) Gr. ευπους eupous, ευποδος eupodos swift of foot < ευ eu perfection; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "14e genre OUTARDE, Otis, L. ... 3e sous-genre Eupodotis. Quatorze espèces: O. rhaad, O. arabs, O. afra, O. afraoides, O. Denhami, O. nuba, O. caffra, O. cœrulescens, O. Vigorsii, O. melanogaster, O. ferox, O. scolopacea, O. Senegalensis, O. nigriceps." (Lesson 1839); "Eupodotis Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Otis rhaad Rüppell not of Gmelin = Otis senegalensis Vieillot. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 64.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 222).
Synon. Trachelotis.
afraoides
Specific name Otis afra Linnaeus, 1758; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Ot. Afraoïdes ... The fifth is met with on the flats near the Orange river, and is called the Bushman Koran. With the exception of a great portion of the quill feathers being white, it resembles much the common Koran of the colony, the Otis Afra." (A. Smith 1831) (Afrotis).
SUBSPECIES
White-quilled Bustard (etoschae)
SCI Name: Eupodotis afraoides etoschae
etoschae / etoshae
Etosha Pan, Namib Desert, South West Africa (= Namibia).
White-quilled Bustard (damarensis)
SCI Name: Eupodotis afraoides damarensis
damarensis
Damaraland, Namibia.
White-quilled Bustard (afraoides)
SCI Name: Eupodotis afraoides afraoides
afraoides
Specific name Otis afra Linnaeus, 1758; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Ot. Afraoïdes ... The fifth is met with on the flats near the Orange river, and is called the Bushman Koran. With the exception of a great portion of the quill feathers being white, it resembles much the common Koran of the colony, the Otis Afra." (A. Smith 1831) (Afrotis).
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)
