The Key to Scientific Names
- antarctica / antarcticum / antarcticus
L. antarcticus southern, antarctic < Gr. ανταρκτικος antarktikos antarctic < αντι anti opposite; αρκτος arktos north.
● This is one of the most risible of the many errors contained in the Thesaurus Ornithologiae of Giebel, 1872-1877. In vol. 1, p. 496 (and reinforced on p. 500), he lists, “BUCEROS .. antarcticus SWAINSON, Classific. Birds II. 278. = Buceros malayanus RAFGL.[sic]” Swainson’s name is not found where cited, and Giebel seems to have confused Lophoceros Ehrenberg 1833, with Lopholaimus Gould, 1841. The author of Buceros malayanus is Raffles, 1822 (now in Anthracoceros).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Antarctic Goose” of Latham 1785 (syn. Chloephaga hybrida).
● Antarctic Ocean; ex “Procellaria glacialis, var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Fulmarus glacialoides).
● "The vast Island or rather Continent of Australia, Australasia, or New Holland ... Antarctic Pigeon ... Its most distinguishing character is the elegant semi-pendent occipital crest" (Shaw 1794) (Lopholaimus).
● Falklands Is., New Zealand and New Holland; ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (syn. Phalcoboenus australis).
● Within the Antarctic Circle between lat. 36º S and 61º S; ex “Petrel brun et blanc” of de Bougainville 1771, “Antarctic Peteril” of Cook 1777, and Latham 1785, and “Pétrel Antarctique” or “Damier brun” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Thalassoica).- subantarctica
Mod. L. subantarcticus sub-antarctic, nearly antarctic < L. sub next to; antarcticus southern, antarctic < Gr. ανταρκτικος antarktikos antarctic.