Cassin's Auklet

SCI Name:  Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Protonym:  Uria Aleutica Zoogr.Rosso-Asiat. 2 p.370
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Ptychoramphus
Taxonomy Code:  casauk
Type Locality:  'Russis ad Oceanum Orientalum'' = North Pacific Ocean.
Author:  Pallas
Publish Year:  1811
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

PTYCHORAMPHUS
(Alcidae; Ϯ Cassin's Auklet P. aleuticus) Gr. πτυξ ptux, πτυχος ptukhos  plate, fold  < πτυσσω ptussō  to fold; ραμφος rhamphos  bill; "5. Gen. Ptychoramphus Nob.   Rostrum conicum subacutum, modice elongatum. Maxillae pars basalis supra plicis nonnullis transversis, angustis, cutaneis tecta.    Spec. 1. Ptychoramphus aleuticus Nob. — Uria aleutica Pall. Zoograph. T. II. p. 370." (Brandt 1837); "Ptychoramphus M. Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 2, 1837, col. 347. Type, by monotypy, Uria aleutica Pallas." (Peters 1934, II, 356).
Var. Ptychorhamphus.

aleutica / aleuticus
Aleutian Is., Alaska, USA (Chukchi aliat  island).

SUBSPECIES

Cassin's Auklet (aleuticus)
SCI Name: Ptychoramphus aleuticus aleuticus
aleutica / aleuticus
Aleutian Is., Alaska, USA (Chukchi aliat  island).

Cassin's Auklet (australis)
SCI Name: Ptychoramphus aleuticus australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).