The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- guinetta
- According to Ray 1678, Grinetta was the Italian name given to a small waterbird, perhaps a sort of crake or sandpiper (syn. Actitis hypoleucos, syn. Tringa stagnatilis).
- Guinetta
(Scolopacidae; syn. Actitis † Common Sandpiper A. hypoleucos) Italian name Grinetta for some sort of small waterbird, perhaps a sandpiper or a crake (Ray 1678); "LA GUIGNETTE. ... GUINETTA" (Brisson 1760): ex "Hypoleucos" of Gessner 1555, Tringa Hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758, and other references; "GUINETTA, Briss. Tringa, L. Totanus, Cuv. Actitis, Boie. Tringoïdes, Bonap. G. hypoleuca, (L.) n., Pl. enl. 850. Act. hypoleucos, Boie" (G. Gray 1840); "Guinetta Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed. p. 68, April 1840. Type (by original designation): Tringa hypoleucos." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 171).
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