The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- phasianurus
Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
- Phasianurus
(Anatidae; syn. Anas † Northern Pintail A. acuta) Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant; ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Anas urophasianus Vigors = A. bahamensis); "43. Genus. Phasianurus Wagl., Fasanente. Species: 1. Phas. acutus (An. acut. Linn.) - 2. Phas. Vigorsii (An. urophasianus Vig. Zool. Journ. 4. p. 357.)" (Wagler 1832); "Phasianurus Wagler, Isis, col. 1235, 1832—type, by subs. desig. (Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876, p. 391), Anas acuta Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 356).
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