Chestnut-headed Crake / Anurolimnas castaneiceps
Chestnut-headed Crake
SCI Name:
Protonym: Porzana castaneiceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1868) (1868), Pt3 p.453
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Anurolimnas
Taxonomy Code: chhcra1
Type Locality: Rio Napo, eastern Ecuador.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Anurolimnas
(Rallidae; syn. Rufirallus Ϯ Chestnut-headed Crake R. castaneiceps) Gr. negative prefix αν- an- ; ουρα oura tail; Mod. L. limnas rail < Gr. λιμνας limnas of the marsh < λιμνη limnē marsh; "ANUROLIMNAS, gen. n. Digito medio cum ungue longiore quam culmen, rectricibus haud evidentibus, mollibus, decompositis, a tectricibus caudalibus celatis, distinguendum. Typus A. castaneiceps (Scl. & Salv.)" (Sharpe 1893); "Anurolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 1, 1893, p. 28. Type, by original designation, A. castaneiceps (Sclater and Salvin) = Porzana castaneiceps Sclater and Salvin." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 181).
castaneiceps
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-headed Crake (coccineipes)
SCI Name: Anurolimnas castaneiceps coccineipes
coccineipes
L. coccineus scarlet-coloured < coccum scarlet dye < Gr. κοκκος kokkos scarlet berry; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
Chestnut-headed Crake (castaneiceps)
SCI Name: Anurolimnas castaneiceps castaneiceps
castaneiceps
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)