Huia / Heteralocha acutirostris
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Huia
SCI Name:
Protonym: Neomorpha acutirostris Syn.BirdsAustr. pt1 pl.11 fig.1,text
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Callaeidae / Heteralocha
Taxonomy Code: huia1
Type Locality: New Zealand.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
HETERALOCHA
‡ (Callaeidae; Ϯ Huia H. acutirostris) Gr. ἑτερος heteros different; αλοχος alokhos wife; alluding to the striking sexual differences in the shape and length of the bill of the Huia; "Auch die Stellung von Neomorpha Gould wird hier in Betracht zu ziehen sein. Der letztere Gattungsname ist schon früher von Gloger für eine Gruppe der Cuculiden vergeben worden, wir schlagen daher für Neomorpha Gould vor: Gen. Heteralocha. (von ἑτερος, anders, verschieden, und αλοχος, η, Ehegattin.) Typus: H. Gouldi. — Neomorpha Gouldii Gray. N. crassirostris (Mas.) et acutirostris (Fem.) Gould." (Cabanis 1853); "Heteralocha Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 218. Type, by original designation, Heteralocha gouldi Gray = Neomorpha acutirostris Gould." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 158).
Var. Heterolocha.
Synon. Neomorpha.
acutirostris
L. acutus sharp-pointed < acuere to sharpen to a point; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
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)
