The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Lupha
(Rallidae; syn. Fulica † Red-knobbed Coot F. cristata) Misreading of a name λωφα lōpha for a coot, mentioned by Aldrovandus, 1603, Ornithologiae, III, p. 92 < ?Gr. λοφος lophos crest; "Genera et Species typicae. ... 4. *Lupha (ALDROV.) cristata (Ful. — L.) R. Ic. Av. t. 187. ic. 1090—91." (Reichenbach 1853); "Lupha Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXI. Type, by original designation, Fulica cristata L., i.e. Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2020).
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