The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Elasas

(Accipitridae; syn. Elanoides † Swallow-tailed Kite E. forficatus) Gr. ελασας elasas  unknown bird mentioned by Aristophanes; "Genus Elasas Heine [Elanoides (!) Vieill. 1818]" (Heine 1890); "Elasas Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, 1890, Nomencl. Musei Heineani Ornith., p. 263.  New name for Elanoides Vieillot, 1818, considered incorrectly formed with the abhorrent suffix -oides." (JAJ 2020).


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