Orinoco Goose / Oressochen jubatus
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Orinoco Goose
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anser jubatus Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.84 pl.108
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Oressochen
Taxonomy Code: origoo1
Type Locality: 'Ad ripam fl. Solimoens in insula Praya das Ongas.''
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
Oressochen
(syn. Chloephaga Ϯ Andean Goose C. melanoptera) Gr. ορεσσι- oressi- mountain- (i.e. Chilean Andes) < ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain; χην khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; "ORESSOCHEN, n. g. Gen. Char. Bill very robust, light colored, lamellæ not projecting. Feet robust, light colored, hallux well developed. Plumage of sexes similar; colors simple. Species Oressochen melanopterus, Gay. Highland regions of Chili." (Bannister 1870); "Oressochen Bannister, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 131, 1870—type, by monotypy, Bernicla melanoptera Gay = Anser melanopterus Eyton." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 307).
jubata / jubatus
L. iubatus maned, crested < iuba mane, crest.
● ex “Pigeon Hollandais” of Sonnerat 1782, Columba franciae J. Gmelin, 1789, and “Ramier Hérissé” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 267 (‡syn. Alectroenas nitidissima).
● ex “Hawkesbury Duck” of Latham 1801 (Chenonetta).
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)
