The Key to Scientific Names
- 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).