Snowy Sheathbill

SCI Name:  Chionis albus
Protonym:  Vaginalis alba Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.705
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Chionidae / Chionis
Taxonomy Code:  snoshe2
Type Locality:  New Zealand, error, Falkland Islands substituted by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. S. Am., 1912, p. 36.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHIONIS
(Chionidae; Ϯ Snowy Sheathbill C. albus) Gr. χιων khiōn, χιονος khionos  snow; "56. CHIONIS, rostrum conico-convexum, compressum. Cera cornea emarginato-lacera. Nares ovatae, sub cera. Lingua lanceolata, truncata, sagittata. Facies nuda papillosa. Pedes tetradactyli, fissi." (J. R. Forster 1788); "Chionis J. R. Forster, Enchirid. Hist. Nat., 1788, p. 37. Diagnosis only, no species included. Type, by subsequent designation, Vaginalis alba Gmelin (Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 705.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 308).
Synon. Chionarchus, Coleoramphus, Necrophagus, Vaginalis.

chionis
Gr. χιων khiōn, χιονος khionos  snow.
● ex “White Sheathbill” of Latham 1785, and “Chionis” of Forster 1788 (syn. Chionis albus).

albus
L. albus  white, matt white (cf. candidus  glittering white) (see also alba).
● ex “Colibri à queue violette de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 671, fig. 2, “Colibri à queue violette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Violet-tailed Hummingbird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Anthracothorax nigricollis).
● ex “White Eagle” of Charleton 1668, and Latham 1781, “Aquila alba cygnea” of Klein 1750, and “Aigle blanc. Aquila alba” of Brissson 1760 (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Corneille du Sénégal” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Corvus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX.  ...  alba.  2. S. rostro arcuato, pedibus rubris, corpore albo, alarum apicibus viridibus.  Numenius albus. Catesb. car. I. p. 82. t. 82.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eudocimus).
● ex “White Partridge” of Edwards 1743-1751, and Ellis 1748, “Lagopede de la Baye d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White Grous” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus muta).
● ex “Ourigourap” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 14 (Namaqua name Ourigourap for the Egyptian Vulture) (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Weisser Fasan” of Goetz 1782 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “White Gallinule” of Phillip 1789 (‡Porphyrio).
● ex “White Toucan” of Hawkesworth 1769, and “White Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (unident.).