Xinjiang Ground-Jay / Podoces biddulphi
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Xinjiang Ground-Jay
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Protonym: Podoces Biddulphi Str.Feath. 2 p.503
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Podoces
Taxonomy Code: xigjay1
Type Locality: Maralbashi, Sinkiang.
Author: Hume
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PODOCES
(Corvidae; Ϯ Turkestan Ground Jay P. panderi) Gr. ποδωκης podōkēs swift-footed, quick < πους pous, ποδος podos foot; ωκυς ōkus quick; "PODOCES, novum avium genus. a ποδωκης, pedibus celer ... Pedes ambulatorii fortissimi tarsis longis ... PODOCES Panderi ... Habitat gregarie et uti videtur transitorie in desertis retro Orenburg; - celerrime currit, parum volat. Habitus Corvorum; ab iis vero rostro, alis pedibusque valde distans" (Fischer von Waldheim 1821); "Podoces Fischer, 1821, Lettre adressée . . .de la Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou à . . .Pander, p. 6. Type, by monotypy, Podoces panderi Fischer." (Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 254).
Synon. Eopodoces.
biddulphi
Col. John Biddulph (1840-1921) British Army, colonial administrator in India 1857-1896, ornithologist with Yarkand Mission 1873-1874 (syn. Dinopium shorii, Podoces, subsp. Pucrasia macrolopha, subsp. Strix aluco).
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)
