Sooty Oystercatcher / Haematopus fuliginosus
Sooty Oystercatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Haematopus fuliginosus BirdsAustr. pt18 pl.15
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Haematopodidae / Haematopus
Taxonomy Code: soooys1
Type Locality: Tasmania, islands in Bass Straits and southern coast of Australia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HAEMATOPUS
(Haematopodidae; Ϯ Eurasian Oystercatcher H. ostralegus) L. haematopus, haematopodis blood-foot < Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "81. HÆMATOPUS. Rostrum compressum: apice cuneo æquali. Pedes tridactyli, fissi." (Linnaeus 1758): ex "Haematopus" of Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Linnaeus 1745, and Linnaeus 1746, and "Sea-Pie" of Willughby 1676, Ray 1713, and Albin 1731-1738; "Hæmatopus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 152. Type, by monotypy, Haematopus ostralegus Linné." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 231). Linnaeus's Haematopus comprised a single species.
Var. Himatopus, Hoematopus, Haemantopus, Haemotopus.
Synon. Melanibyx, Ostralega, Ostralegus, Palostralegus, Prohaematopus.
haematopus
L. haematopus, haematopodis blood-foot < Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus sooty, covered with soot < L. fuligo, fuliginis soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).
SUBSPECIES
Sooty Oystercatcher (opthalmicus)
SCI Name: Haematopus fuliginosus opthalmicus
opthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus of the eye < Gr. οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)
SCI Name: Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus sooty, covered with soot < L. fuligo, fuliginis soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).
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)