Dark-backed Wood-Quail / Odontophorus melanonotus
WBN 
Dark-backed Wood-Quail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Odontophorus melanonotus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1860) (1860), Pt(28)3 p.382
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Odontophorus
Taxonomy Code: dbwqua1
Type Locality: Ecuador.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
ODONTOPHORUS
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Marbled Wood Quail O. gujanensis) Gr. οδοντοφορος odontophoros bearing teeth < οδους odous, οδοντος odontos tooth; φερω pherō to carry; "188. TOCRO, Odontophorus. Tetrao, Linn. Gm. Perdix, Lath. Bec nu à la base, convexe en dessus, très-comprimé, crochu vers le bout; mandibule inférieure bidentée près la pointe. — Orbites et lorum nus. — Queue arrondie. — Rectrices 12. Esp. Tocro, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Odontophorus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 51. Type, by monotypy, "Tocro," Buffon = Tetrao gujanensis Gmelin." (Peters 1934, II, 51).
Var. Odonthophorus, Dentophorus (L. dens, dentis tooth).
Synon. Strophiortyx.
melanonota / melanonotus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
● ex “Pico de punzon azul y canala” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 104 (Pipraeidea).
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)
