Senegal Lapwing / Vanellus lugubris
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Senegal Lapwing
SCI Name:
Protonym: Charadrius lugubris Dict.Sci.Nat. 42 p.36
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Vanellus
Taxonomy Code: senlap1
Type Locality: Locality unknown = Senegal, designated by Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 56.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
VANELLUS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Northern Lapwing V. vanellus) Med. L. vanellus lapwing < dim. L. vannus winnowing fan (in allusion to the broad wings and floppy flight); "Vanellus. Genus 71. ... **1. LE VANNEAU. ... VANELLUS." (Brisson 1760): based on "Vanellus", "Capella", and "Caprea" of Gessner 1555, and many other authors, and Tringa Vanellus Linnaeus, 1758; "Vanellus Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 94. Type, by tautonymy, Vanellus Brisson = Tringa vanellus Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 235). The Northern Lapwing appears the most aberrant member of the genus; it has been suggested that Hoplopterus be resurrected for all the other species presently included in Vanellus.
Var. Canellus, Cranellus.
Synon. Acanthopteryx, Acanthropterus, Afribyx, Afrovanellus, Anitibyx, Anomalophrys, Belonopterus, Chettusia, Defilippia, Dilobus, Dorypaltus, Euhyas, Eurypterus, Gavia, Hemiparra, Hoplopterus, Limnetes, Lobibyx, Lobipluvia, Lobivanellus, Microsarcops, Nonnusia, Ptiloscelys, Rogibyx, Sarciophorus, Sarcogrammus, Stephanibyx, Titihoia, Tringa, Tylibyx, Vanellochettusia, Viator, Xiphidiopterus, Zapterus, Zonifer.
vanellus
Med. L. vanellus lapwing < dim. L. vannus winnowing fan; "78. TRINGA. ... Vanellus. 2. T. pedibus rubris, crista dependente, pectore nigro. Fn. svec. 148. Capella s. Vanellus. Bell. av. 49. a. Gesn. av. 764. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 63. Will. orn. 228. t. 57. Jonst. av. 164. t. 53. 27. Raj. av. 110. Alb. av. I. p. 70. t. 74. Habitat in Europa, Africa. Migrat forte in Ægyptum. Ova Belgis in deliciis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Vanellus).
lugubris
L. lugubris mournful, plaintive < lugere to mourn.
● ex “Merle brun du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 563, fig. 1 (unident.).
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)
