The Key to Scientific Names
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Cochramus (See: Cenchramus)
Cenchramus (Phasianidae; syn. Meleagris † Wild Turkey M. gallopavo) Gr. κεγχραμις kenkhramis trachoma of the eyes < κεγχρος kenkhros speck, stye in the eye; “47. CENCHRAMVS. * Meleagris. LINN. gen. 65., ed. 6. gen. 67. ... Obs. Maris prolobus pluma cirrhosa, curua, exstante præditus; loco calcaris in tibiis uerruca cornea. Caudam saepe in orbem eleuant.” (Moehring, 1752, Avium Genera, p. 51 (pre-Linnaean)); “MELEAGRIS, L. Gallopavo, Briss. (1760). Cenchramus, Mœhr. (1752). M. gallopavo, L. Pl. enl. 97.” (G. Gray 1841); "Cenchramus Moehr. (t. c., S. 3 u. 36) ist synonym mit Meleagris Linné (t. c., S 85)" (Poche 1904); "Cenchramus “Moehr.” G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 78. Alternative name for Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).
Var. Cochramus.