The Key to Scientific Names
- percnopterus
L. percnopterus vulture < Gr. περκνοπτερος perknopteros vulture < περκνος perknos dusky; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● “39. VULTUR Percnopterus. V. corpore fusco, capite colloque albo-lanuginosis, collari plumaceo, gryseo-fusco. Percnopterus, Aldrov. orn. I. pag. 216. 217. 219. ... Aquila vulturina, Albin. av. II. tab. 3. Vultur alpinus, Brisson. ornith. I. pag. 464. Tataris Tauriae Kartàll. ... Olfactu pollet acutissimo, quo non solum putrida cadavera, sed recentes etiam caesorum animalium carnes e longinquo prosequitur. Altissimo volatu gyros agens, hyeme subgregaria. Morticinia projecta in societatae Luporum, Canum et Vulpium dilaniat, voracissimus.” (Pallas 1827) (syn. Gyps fulvus).
● "40. VULTUR. ... Perenopterus. 6. V. remigibus nigris margine exteriore (præter extimas) canis. Perenopterus s. Gypaëtos. Aldr. orn. t. 2. c. 10. Raj. av. 8. Falco montanus ægyptiacus. Hasselqv. act. Stockh. 1751. p. 196. Vultur, Percnopterus, capite nudo, gula plumosa. Hasselq. itin. 209. Vultur niger. Raj. av. 9. Vultur bæticus. Raj. av. 10. Vultur albus. Raj. av. 10. Vultur aquilina. Aldr. orn. Alb. av. 2. p. 3. t. 3. Vultur fulvus, bætico bellonii congener. Raj. av. 10. Habitat in Ægypto. Mas totus albus: Remigibus atris margine exteriore canis, exceptis duabus primis unicoloribus: Femina tota fusca: Remigibus quatuor extimis concoloribus. Rostrum atrum cera flava. Hasselqv. Nares perpetuo stillant. Raj. Purgat Cairi terram a cadaverum fœtore, stipendiis allectus. Hasselq." (Linnaeus 1758); “The specific name of the Egyptian Vulture was spelt perenopterus, not percnopterus, by Linnaeus. This is obviously a misprint, as he quotes from Aldrovandus and Ray, both of whom spelled the word percnopterus” (BOU 1915). This epithet is the sixth name and fourth autochthonym in avian nomenclature (Neophron).
● Gr. περκνος perknos dark; -πτερος -pteros -winged (syn. Xenoctistes rufosuperciliatus).- Percnopterus
Gr. περκνοπτερος perknopteros vulture < περκνος perknos dusky; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● (Cathartidae; syn. Cathartes † Turkey Vulture C. aura) "GENUS IV. — PERCNOPTERUS Antiquorum. ... THESE are smaller and fiercer birds, and are more filthy in their habits than those of the two preceding genera; they prey upon the foulest carrion, not disdaining even excrementitious matter, thereby being of infinite service in clearing the surface of the ground from those noxious substances. Sp. 1. Pe. Ægyptiacus. Vultur Percnopterus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 33. — Vultur ginginianus Shaw, v. vii. p. 32. ... Sp. 2. Pe. Aura. Vultur Aura. Shaw, v. viii. p. 36. ... Sp. 3. Pe. Uruba. ... Vultur Uruba. Vieil. Ois. d'Amer. Sept. pt. 2. — Vultur atratus. — Turkey Buzzard. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ix. p. 104. pl. lxxv. f. 2. ... Sp. 4. Pe. Monachus. ... Cathartes monachus. Temm. Pl. Col. 222." (Stephens 1826); "Percnopterus Stephens, 1826, General Zoology, XIII (2), p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 1), C. aura, i.e. Vultur aura Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
● (Accipitridae; syn. Neophron † Egyptian Vulture N. percnopterus ) "Nasal orifices placed longitudinally. 28. SARCORAMPHUS. Condor. Neck bare of feathers. Cere carunculated. 29. PERCNOPTERUS. Neck covered with feathers" (Fleming, 1822, Philosophy of Zoology, II, p. 233 (nom. nud.)); "Genre NÉOPHRON, Percnopterus. ... 1. NÉOPHRON PERCNOPTÈRE, Neophron percnopterus. ... Comme les précédens. il cherche sans cesse les charognes les plus puantes, et exhale lui-même une odeur infecte; et dès qu'il est mort, il se putréfie." (Vieillot 1822); "Percnopterus Vieillot, 1822, Faune Française, Oiseaux, livr. 5 & 6, p. 3. Type, by monotypy, Vultur percnopterus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Perenopterus, Perinopterus.- subpercnopterus
L. sub near to; specific name Vultur percnopterus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
