The Key to Scientific Names
- Ceriornis
(Phasianidae; syn. Tragopan Ϯ Satyr Tragopan T. satyra) Gr. κερεινος kereinos horned < κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "[subgenus] Ceriornis, Sw. Head partly naked, with fleshy horn-like caruncles over the eyes. Crown with a pendant crest.* C. macrolophus. Less. Dict. des S. N. pl. 59. ... * M. Lesson's expressive name of Satyrus seems to have the priority, but it has long been used in Entomology; and that of Tragopan is in every way objectionable" (Swainson 1837); "Ceriornis Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 341. New name for Satyrus, i.e. Satyra Lesson,1828, considered preoccupied by Satyrus Latreille, 1810 (Lepidoptera), and for Tragopan Cuvier, 1829, considered "in every way objectionable". Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna British India, 2nd ed., Birds, VII, pp. 450-451, seems to have misread Swainson’s remarks and misidentified his figure (see above), treating Satyrus macrolopha Lesson, 1829 (not Ceriornis macrolophus “Lesson” Swainson, 1837), as type (see Pucrasia)" (JAJ 2023).
Var. Ceryornis, Cereornis.
