The Key to Scientific Names
- ephippiorhynchus
Gr. εφιππιος ephippios saddle < επι epi upon; ἱππος hippos horse; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
- EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS
(Ciconiidae; Ϯ Saddle-billed Stork E. senegalensis) Gr. εφιππιος ephippios saddle < επι epi upon; ἱππος hippos horse; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill (cf. specific name Ciconia ephippiorhyncha Temminck, 1824 (= syn. E. senegalensis)): "Bill long, slightly recurved, with distal half (ca 150 mm) deep red, middle third (ca 100 mm) black, and basal fifth (ca 60 mm) covered with deep red fleshy lappet, extending back to eye. Above red lappet is a bright yellow lappet (forming 'saddle'), edged with tiny black feathers." (Hockey et al. 2005); "*101. Ephippiorhynchus, Bp. (Mycteria, part. Gr.) Rostrum altum, magnum, gonyde perascendente; clypeo frontale membranaceo triangulare: regione periophthalmica nuda; lobulo carnoso, ad angulos oris hinc inde affixo: caput collumque plumosa. MYCTERIA senegalensis, Shaw. (Ciconia ephippiorhyncha, Temm. - C. senegalensis, Vieill.? - Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Bp.) Linn. Trans. v. p. 32. t. 3. caput. - Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 64. - Pl. col. 64. - Vieill. Gal. Ois. t. 255. - Bowdich, Excurs. Mad. p. 229. - Rupp. Atl. t. 3. - Reich., Syst. Av. t. 166. f. 444. ex Senegal, Gambia, Abyssinia." (Bonaparte 1855); "Ephippiorhynchus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 2, 1855, p. 106. Type, by monotypy, Mycteria senegalensis Shaw." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 130).
Var. Epphipiorhynchus, Epphiiorhynchus.
Synon. Mycteria, Xenorhynchopsis, Xenorhynchus.
