Yellow-throated Sandgrouse / Pterocles gutturalis
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pterocles gutturalis Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.56
Taxonomy: Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles
Taxonomy Code: yetsan1
Type Locality: Near Kurrichane, western Transvaal.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTEROCLES
(Pteroclidae; Ϯ Pin-tailed Sandgrouse P. alchata) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs (in comp.) notable, splendid; "DISCOURS SUR LE GENRE GANGA. ... Le nom générique Pterocles, que je propose pour ce genre, indique que ces oiseaux ont dans la forme des ailes, quelque chose de particulier; et en effet, dans les genres nombreux dont l'ordre des Gallinacés est composé, les espèces de celui-ci et du genre suivant [Syrrhaptes] se distinguent, par la longueur de leurs ailes, dont la première rémige est la plus longue. ... GANGA UNIBANDE. Pterocles Arenarius ... GANGA BIBANDE. Pterocles bicinctus ... GANGA QUADRUBANDE. Pterocles quadricinctus ... GANGA CATA. Pterocles setarius ... GANGA VÉLOCIFER. Pterocles tachypetes" (Temminck 1815); "Pterocles Temminck, Pig. et Gall., 3, 1815, p. 238, 712. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao alchata Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 63)." (Peters 1937, III, 3).
Var. Pteroctes, Pteroclis.
Synon. Attagen, Calopterocles, Coturnicoenas, Dilophilus, Eremialector, Ganga, Macleanornis, Namapterocles, Nyctiperdix, Oenas, Parapterocles, Psammoenas, Pteroclurus, Pterygocys.
pterocles
Gr. πτερον pteron wing; -κλης -klēs notable, splendid.
gutturalis
Med. L. gutturalis of the throat < L. guttur, gutturis throat.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 123 (syn. Apalis thoracica).
● ex “Manakin à gorge blanche” of Brisson 1760 (Corapipo).
● ex “Guttural Thrush” of Latham 1787 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Martinet à Gorge Blanche” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 243 (syn. Tachymarptis melba africana).
● ex “Merle à collier du cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 272 (syn. Telophorus zeylonus).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (saturatior)
SCI Name: Pterocles gutturalis saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris more richly coloured, intensely coloured < saturare to satisfy < satur, satura rich, copious < satis enough.
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (gutturalis)
SCI Name: Pterocles gutturalis gutturalis
gutturalis
Med. L. gutturalis of the throat < L. guttur, gutturis throat.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 123 (syn. Apalis thoracica).
● ex “Manakin à gorge blanche” of Brisson 1760 (Corapipo).
● ex “Guttural Thrush” of Latham 1787 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Martinet à Gorge Blanche” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 243 (syn. Tachymarptis melba africana).
● ex “Merle à collier du cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 272 (syn. Telophorus zeylonus).
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)