Rüppell’s Bustard / Eupodotis rueppelii
WBN 
Rüppell's Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis Rüppelii Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 13 p.174
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Eupodotis
Taxonomy Code: ruebus1
Type Locality: Damaraland, type from Onanis.
Author: Wahlberg
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPODOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Senegal Bustard E. senegalensis) Gr. ευπους eupous, ευποδος eupodos swift of foot < ευ eu perfection; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "14e genre OUTARDE, Otis, L. ... 3e sous-genre Eupodotis. Quatorze espèces: O. rhaad, O. arabs, O. afra, O. afraoides, O. Denhami, O. nuba, O. caffra, O. cœrulescens, O. Vigorsii, O. melanogaster, O. ferox, O. scolopacea, O. Senegalensis, O. nigriceps." (Lesson 1839); "Eupodotis Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Otis rhaad Rüppell not of Gmelin = Otis senegalensis Vieillot. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 64.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 222).
Synon. Trachelotis.
rueppelii / rueppelli / rueppellii
Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell (1794-1884) German zoologist, explorer in north-east Africa and the Middle East (syn. Accipiter badius sphenurus, syn. Ardea alba melanorhyncha, syn. Galerida theklae praetermissa, Gyps, Heterotetrax, syn. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, subsp. Onychognathus morio, syn. Plectropterus gambensis, syn. Plocepasser superciliosus, Poicephalus, syn. Prinia buchanani, syn. Pternistis clappertoni, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, syn. Xiphidiopicus percussus).
SUBSPECIES
Rüppell's Bustard (rueppelii)
SCI Name: Eupodotis rueppelii rueppelii
rueppelii / rueppelli / rueppellii
Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell (1794-1884) German zoologist, explorer in north-east Africa and the Middle East (syn. Accipiter badius sphenurus, syn. Ardea alba melanorhyncha, syn. Galerida theklae praetermissa, Gyps, Heterotetrax, syn. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, subsp. Onychognathus morio, syn. Plectropterus gambensis, syn. Plocepasser superciliosus, Poicephalus, syn. Prinia buchanani, syn. Pternistis clappertoni, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, syn. Xiphidiopicus percussus).
Rüppell's Bustard (fitzsimonsi)
SCI Name: Eupodotis rueppelii fitzsimonsi
fitzsimonsi
Frederick William Fitzsimons (1870-1951) Irish/South African herpetologist, conservationist, Director of Port Elizabeth Mus. 1906-1936 (subsp. Heterotetrax rueppellii, syn. Ochrospiza atrogularis semideserti).
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)
