Reeves’s Pheasant / Syrmaticus reevesii
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Reeves's Pheasant
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Protonym: Phasianus Reevesii Anim.Kingd.[Griffith] 8 p.25
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Syrmaticus
Taxonomy Code: reephe1
Type Locality: China.
Author: Gray, JE
Publish Year: 1829
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
SYRMATICUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Reeves's Pheasant S. reevesii) Gr. συρμα surma, συρματος surmatos robe with a long train; "21. Genus, Syrmaticus Wagl. Schleppfasan. Character Phasiani; rostrum rectiusculum, gracilius, depressiusculum; cauda enormi longitudine, lanceolata Phasiani, exclusis rectricibus quatuor intermediis tectiformibus; rectrices (18) angustae, acuminatae, rhachide longitudinaliter exarata. Ptilosis: plumae Phasiani sed uropygii et tectrices caudae superiores compactae, squamiformes; cornicula plumarum ad occipitis latera nulla. Species: 1. Syrmat. Reevesii (Phas. Reev. Hardw. et Gray, Phas. venerat. Temm. Pl. col. 485)" (Wagler 1832); "Syrmaticus Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1229. Type, by monotypy, Phasianus reevesii J. E. Gray." (Peters 1934, II, 128).
Synon. Calophasis, Cyanophasis, Graphephasianus, Neocalophasis.
reevesii
John Reeves (1774-1856) English inspector of tea for the East India Company in China 1812-1831, naturalist, collector (syn. Phoenicurus auroreus, Syrmaticus).
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)
