Zigzag Heron / Zebrilus undulatus
WBN 
Zigzag Heron
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ardea undulata Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.637
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Zebrilus
Taxonomy Code: zigher1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
ZEBRILUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Zig-zag Heron Z. undulatus) Dim. < French zèbre zebra; "*123. Zebrilus, Bp. (Tigrisoma, part. Gr.) Rostrum breve, robustulum, acutum: alae rotundatae; remigum 1a abbreviata: pedes brevissimi; tibiis ex toto plumosis; pollice longissimo, valido. Am. m. 1. ARDEA PHILIPPENSIS! adult. et undulata, juv. Gm. - radiolata, Wagl. - Cancrophagus philippensis! Br. - Botaurus undulatus, Caban. - Tigrisoma undulatum, Gr. - Zebrilus radiolatus, Bp.) Pl. enl. 898. adult. et 763. juv. - Br. Orn. v. p. 274. t. 37. f. 2. - Reich., Syst. Av. t. 150. f. 506. ex Am. m. Bras. Cayenna. Nigro-virente rufoque undulatus" (Bonaparte 1855 (Conspectus)); "35. Zebrilus, Bp. 124. undulatum, Gm. 125? radiolatus, Wagl. (philippensis! Gm.)" (Bonaparte 1855 (Comptes Rend.)); "Zebrilus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 2, 1855, p. 138. Type, by monotypy, Ardea undulata Gmelin." (Peters 1931, 1, 120); "Zebrilus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 40, No. 14, p. 723, April, 1855—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., Addenda, 1855), Ardea undulata Gmelin." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 227).
Synon. Microcnus.
undulata / undulatus
L. undulatus furnished with wave-like markings < unda wave.
● ex “Ynambú listado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 331 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Bécasse des savanes de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 895 (Gallinago).
● ex “Ondulé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 156 (syn. Muscicapa adusta).
● ex “Calao à Casque Festonné” of Levaillant 1801 (Rhyticeros).
● ex “Petit Butor de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 763, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Zigzag Bittern” of Latham 1785 (Zebrilus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de l’île de France” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Undulated Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Perruche Ara à bandeau rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (unident.).
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)
