The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Helotarsus

(Accipitridae; syn. Terathopius Bateleur T. ecaudatus) Gr. ἡλος hēlos  stud, wart; Mod. L. tarsus  shank, leg  < Gr. ταρσος tarsos  flat of the foot; "GENUS.  HELOTARSUS.  Mihi.  ...Tarsi short, partly covered with feathers, and partly with rough elevated scales; toes scaly, and towards claws scutulate; claws unequal, moderately curved.  ...  HELOTARSUS TYPICUS.  Boot or Berghaan of the Colonists.  Falco ecaudatus, Shaw, vol. 7, p. 98. - Le Bateleur, Le Vaillant Ois. Afr. pl. 7 and 8" (A. Smith 1830); "Helotarsus A. Smith, 1830, South African Quarterly Journal, I (II), p. 110.  Type, by original designation, Helotarsus typicus A. Smith, 1830 = Falco ecaudatus Daudin, 1800." (JAJ 2021).


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