The Key to Scientific Names
- Harpiprion
Gr. ἁρπη harpē sickle, hook; πριων priōn, πριονος prionos saw < πριω priō to saw; alluding to the serrated mandibles of the scimitar-billed Plumbeous Ibis.
● (Threskiornithidae; syn. Mesembrinibis † Cayenne Ibis M. cayennensis) “Genera et Species typicae. ... β. *Harpiprion Wagl. cajennensis (Ibis — Lchtst.) Ic. Av. t. 139. ic. 522—523.” (Reichenbach 1853); “Harpiprion “Wagl.” Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturae, p. XIV (not of Wagler, 1832). Type, by original designation, Ibis cajennensis Lichtenstein, i.e. Tantalus cayennensis Gmelin, 1789.” (JAJ 2022) (see Mesembrinibis).
● (Threskiornithidae; syn. Theristicus † Plumbeous Ibis T. caerulescens) "33. Genus Harpiprion, Wagl., Sichelsäger. Rostrum gracilius, ad basin validiusculum, tomiis utriusque maxillae magna ex parte serrato-dentatis ... Species: 1. H. cajennensis (Ib. dentirostr. Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 7.) — 2. H. plumbeus (Ib. plumb. Wagl., Temm. Pl. col. 235.)" (Wagler 1832); "Harpiprion Wagler, Isis, 1832, col. 1232. Type, by subsequent designation, Ibis plumbeus Temminck = Ibis caerulescens Vieillot. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 67.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 135).
