The Key to Scientific Names
- lagopus
● Gr. λαγωπους lagōpous, λαγωποδος lagōpodos hare-footed, rough-footed < λαγως lagōs hare; πους pous, ποδος podos foot (Buteo).
● L. lagopus, lagopodis ptarmigan < Gr. λαγωπους lagōpous, λαγωποδος lagōpodos ptarmigan, rough-footed like a hare; "91. TETRAO. ... Lagopus. 4. T. pedibus lanatis, remigibus albis, rectricibus nigris apice albis: intermediis totis albis. Tetrao rectricibus albis: intermediis nigris apice albis. Fn. svec. 169. Lagopus. Gesn. av. 577. Aldr. orn. l. 13. c. 21. Will. orn. 127. t. 32. Raj. av. 55. Edw. av. 72. t. 72. Habitat in Europæ alpinis, ex Betula nana victitans. Pedibus lanatis leporis; hyeme albus exceptis rectricibus, sub nive sæpius cuniculos agens; in sylvis loquax cachinnis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Lagopus).- LAGOPUS
(Phasianidae; † Willow Grouse L. lagopus) L. lagopus, lagopodis ptarmigan < Gr. λαγωπους lagōpous, λαγωποδος lagōpodos ptarmigan, rough-footed like a hare < λαγως lagōs hare; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Pedibus plumosis. . . .Lagopus. Genus 5. ... Genus Lagopodis ... Crura ad calcaneum usque plumosa ... Pedes plumosi. Calcaribus carent hujus generis Aves" (Brisson 1760): based on "Lagopus" of Willughby 1676, Sibbald 1684, Ray 1712 and Klein 1750; "Lagopus Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, I, pp. 26, 181. Type, by tautonymy, "Lagopus" Brisson = Tetrao lagopus Linnaeus, 1758" (JAJ 2023) (J. C. Schaeffer, 1789, Museum Ornithologicum, p. 2, lists Lagopus urogallus as the first species in this genus; G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 62, gives L. mutus Leach, as the type of this genus).
Var. Cagapus, Lagophus, Lapogus, Logopus.
Synon. Acetinornis, Attagen, Keron, Oreias.
● (Accipitridae; syn. Buteo † Ferruginous Hawk B. regalis) Gr. λαγωπους lagōpous, λαγωποδος lagōpodos hare-footed, rough-footed < λαγως lagōs hare; πους pous, ποδος podos foot (cf. specific name Falco lagopus Pontoppidan, 1763); "Mr. L. Fraser laid upon the table three new species of Birds, which he described as LAGOPUS FERRUGINEUS ... Upper surface dark brown, mottled slightly with white on the head and neck; tail above the basal half white, terminal brown, totally white beneath ... Hab. Mexico. ... There are three specimens of this bird in different stages of plumage in the Society's collection, all from Mexico" (Fraser 1844); "Lagopus Fraser, 1844, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, XII, p. 37. Type, by monotypy, Lagopus ferrugineus Fraser, 1844 = Archibuteo regalis G. Gray, 1844." (JAJ 2021).- sublagopus
- L. sub near to; specific name Falco lagopus Pontoppidan, 1763 (syn. Buteo lagopus).
