The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Lycornis

(Rallidae; syn. Fulica Horned Coot F. cornuta) Gr. λυκος lukos  jackdaw (i.e. black); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Ab.  FULICEÆ.    136. Lycornis, Bp.    413. cornuta, Bp." (Bonaparte 1856); "Lycornis Bonaparte, 1856, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XLIII, p. 600.  Type, by monotypy, Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853." (JAJ 2021) (see Licornis).


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