The Key to Scientific Names
- Chamaepelia
Gr. χαμαι khamai on the ground; πελεια peleia dove.
● (Columbidae; syn. Columbina † Common Ground Dove C. passerina) "CHÆMEPELIA. ... Types. Columbæ passerina, Linn., squamosa, Temm. This group is nearly allied to the last [Peristera], both in structure and economy. The first quill feather is unusually broad and entire; and there is a narrow row of small feathers down the sides of the tarsi" (Swainson 1827); "Swainson's name was originally spelled Chaemepelia and had been unofficially altered to Chamaepelia by most authors prior to the appearance of Opinion 61 of the Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl., sanctioning such emendation." (Peters, 1937, III, 105); "Chaemepelia [rectius Chamaepelia]3 Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, No. 11, p. 361, Dec., 1827—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, List Gen. Subgen. Bds., 2nd ed., p. 75, 1841), Columba passerina Linnaeus ... 3 This generic name has been variously changed and emended by subsequent authors [see Var. below]." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1942, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (1), p. 513).
Var. Chamaepeleia, Chamaeopelia, Chamoepelia, Chamaepelea, Chaemapelia, Chaemepelia, Chaemepella, Choemepelia, Chamapelia, Chamepelia, Chamaepilea, Chaemepilia, Choepelia.
● (Columbidae; quasi-syn. Columbina † Ruddy Ground Dove C. talpacoti) “Chæmepelia, Sw. Wings short, rounded; the four first quills nearly equal, and not much longer than the tertials; the feathers very broad. Tail moderate, rounded. A line of feathers on the tarsus. America. C. cinnamomina. Spix, ii. 75. a. f. 1.” (Swainson 1837) (see above); “Chaemepelia Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 349. Type, by monotypy, Chamaepelia cinnamomina “Spix” Swainson, 1837 = Columba talpacoti Temminck, 1810.” (JAJ 2023).
