White-headed Vulture / Trigonoceps occipitalis
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White-headed Vulture
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vultur occipitalis Trav.S.Afr. 2 p.329,note
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Trigonoceps
Taxonomy Code: whhvul1
Type Locality: Makkwari = Matlowing River, Botswana.
Author: Burchell
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
TRIGONOCEPS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ White-headed Vulture T. occipitalis) L. trigonum triangle < Gr. τριγονον trigōnon triangle <τρεις treis, τριων triōn three; γωνια gōnia angle; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head; "Adult - top of head covered with a thick cushion of white down, forming a distinctive triangular silhouette" (Brown & Amadon 1968); "6e Sous-genre: TRIGONOCEPS, Lesson. 25. Trigonoceps occipitalis; Vultur occipitalis, Burchell, Voy.; Vautour chincou, Temm., pl. 13; Rupp., Voy. pl. 22 (adulte); Bruce, Voy.; Proc. 1, 13, 69 et 169; Vultur abyssinicus, Lath. Hab. le Sénégal, l'Abyssinie, le cap de Bonne-Espérance." (Lesson 1842); "Trigonoceps Lesson, Écho du Monde Savant (2), 6, 1842, col. 1038. Type, by monotypy, Vultur occipitalis Burchell." (Peters 1931, I, 260).
Synon. Lophogyps.
occipitalis
Late L. occipitalis of the back of the head, occipital < L. occipitium occiput < ob towards, over; caput, capitis head.
● ex “Azur à Calotte et à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● ex “Huppard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 2 < French huppe crest; Busard hawk (Lophaetus).
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)
