The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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hiaticula

Late Med. L. hiaticula  plover  < L. hiatus  cleft, opening  < hiare  to open; -cola  -dweller  < colere  to inhabit; a latinisation from Gr. χαραδριος kharadrios  bird of rocky gullies; “Charleton, at p. 109 of his ‘Onomasticon Zoicon’ (1668), says that the name is given to the Ring Plover quia circa fluminum alucos et rivorum hiatus verseter, because it haunts the mouths (hiatus) of rivers.” (Coues 1884); "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  Hiaticula.  2. C. pectore nigro, fronte nigricante fasciola alba, vertice fusco, pedibus luteis. Fn. svec. 159.  Charadrios s. Hiaticula. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 67. Jonst. av. 166. t. 53. Will. orn. 230. t. 57. Raj. av. 112. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 314. t. 169. f. 2. Alb. av. I. p. 76. t. 80.  Habitat in Europa & America ad ripas." (Linnaeus 1758) (Charadrius).


Hiaticula

(Charadriidae; syn. Charadrius Ringed Plover C. hiaticula) Late Med. L. hiaticula  plover  < L. hiatus  cleft  < hiare  to open; -cola  dweller  < colere  to inhabit  < Gr. χαραδριος kharadrios  bird of rocky gullies (cf. specific name Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758); “91.  HIATICVLA.*  Def. Rostrum digitis cum ungue.” (Moehring, 1752, Avium Genera, p. 75 (pre-Linnaean)); "Sluiper. Hiaticula.  ...  91. SLUIPER, ZEE-LEEURIK, in 't Latyn Hiaticula" (Moehring, 1758, Geslachten der Vogelen, p. 65 (rejected work (ICZN Opinion 241 (1954))); "HIATICULA, Mœhr.  Charadrius, L.  Pluvialis, Briss.  Ægialites a, Boie.   H. annulata, n., Pl. enl. 920.  Ch. Hiaticula, L.  ...  a Employed in Botany." (G. Gray 1840); "Hiaticula "Moehr." G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 65.  Type, by original designation, Hiaticula annulata G. Gray, 1840 (avoiding the abhorrent tautonym Hiaticula hiaticula) = Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).


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