The Key to Scientific Names
- pluvialis
L. pluvialis relating to rain < pluvia rain < pluere to rain.
● ex “Old Man” or “Rainbird” of Sloane 1725, “Cuculus Jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760, “Vieillard” or “Oiseau de pluie” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rain Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● “Linnaeus attended Rudbeck’s lectures about ornithology in 1728-29 and his lecture notes are extant. About Pluvialis minor nigroflavus (= Pluvialis apricaria) he wrote: “Regnpipare ty emot regn skockas de och pipa” (They are called regnpipare because they flock together and call before rain). The obsolete Swedish name “Regnpipare” means literally “rain-caller” ” (Tommy Tyrberg in litt.); "79. CHARADRIUS. ... Pluvialis. 8. C. pedibus cinereis, corpore nigro viridique maculato, subtus albido. Fn. svec. 157. Pluvialis viridis. Will. orn. 229. t. 57. Raj. av. 111. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 113. t. 269. f. 1. Alb. av. I. p. 71. t. 75. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Pluvialis apricaria).- PLUVIALIS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Eurasian Golden Plover P. apricaria) Specific name Charadrius pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758 (= syn. Pluvialis apricaria); "Rostro recto, apice crassiori. . .Brevi. . . .Pluvialis. Genus 69. ... Le genre du Pluvier. Genus Pluvialis. ... **1. LE PLUVIER DORÉ. ... PLUVIALIS AUREA." (Brisson 1760): based on "Pluvialis" and "Pardalus" of many authors, and Charadrius Pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758; "Pluvialis Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, I, p. 46: V, p. 42. Type, by tautonymy, "Pluvialis" Brisson = Charadrius pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758 = Charadrius apricarius Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).
Synon. Charadrius, Squatarola.
