The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Oreias

Gr. ορειας oreias, ορειαδος oreiados  mountain-nymph, oreiad  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain.
● (Turdidae; syn. Cochoa † Javan Cochoa C. azurea) "[Tableau Méthodique. Additions et Corrections] Genre 1 bis. OREIADE. - Oreias. Temm.   71. Turdoide azurin.  Oreiade azurin.  Oreias azureus. Temm." (Temminck 1839); "Oreias Temminck, 1839, Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, I, Table Méthodique, p. 108 (not of Kaup, 1829).  Type, by monotypy, Oreias azureus Temm., i.e. Turdus azureus Temminck, 1824." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Oreas.
● (Phasianidae; syn. Lagopus † Red Grouse L. scoticus) "1. Tetrao scoticus  ...  Berghuhn. Oreias *). (Tetrao scoticus).   ...  Ch[arakter]. Waldhühner mit bis zu den Nägeln befiederten Zehen, 16 federigem Schwanz und braunem Gefieder sowohl im Sommer als im Winter.   ...   *) ορειας, Bergnymphe." (Kaup 1829); "Oreias KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 177, 193.  (Type, by monotypy, Tetrao scoticus Latham.)" (Ridgway & Friedmann, 1941, Birds North and Middle America, Pt. IX, p. 90).
Var. Oreas.


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