The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Lophophalaris

(Rallidae; syn. Fulica Red-knobbed Coot F. cristata) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; φαλαρις phalaris, φαλαριδος phalaridos  web-footed waterbird, probably the coot; "Genus Lophophalaris Heine [Lupha Rchb. (!) 1853]" (Heine 1890); "Lophophalaris Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, 1890, Nomencl. Musei Heineani Ornith., p. 317.  New name for Lupha Reichenbach, 1853, considered poorly formed." (JAJ 2020).


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