The Key to Scientific Names
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Chatarhea (See: CHATARRHAEA)
CHATARRHAEA (Leiothrichidae; † White-throated Babbler C. gularis) Specific name Timalia chataraea Franklin, 1831 (= syn. Argya caudata); " CHATARRHÆA GULARIS, nobis, n. s. A handsome species of this group ... Pegu* ... *Having had occasion to re-examine the series of Indian CRATEROPODINÆ, it was found expedient to subdivide the genus MALACOCERCUS, Swainson, as follows ... 2. CHATARRHÆA, nobis. CH. GULARIS, ut supra, is about the most typical species. Others exist in CH. CAUDATA (Timalia chatarrhæa, Franklin), — Ch. Huttoni, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 476, from Kandahar, —and CH. EARLEI, nobis." (Blyth 1855); "Chatarrhaea Blyth, 1855, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 24 (No. 5), p. 478, footnote *2. Type, by original designation, Chatarrhaea gularis Blyth, 1855." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Chatorhaea (Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; ορρος orrhos rump), Catarrhaea, Chatarhea, Chatorhea, Chatarrhoea.-
Chotorhea (See: Chotorea)
Chotorea (Megalaimidae; syn. Psilopogon Ϯ Black-banded Barbet P. javensis) Specific name Bucco kotorea Temminck, 1831 (= syn. Psilopogon javensis); "11. MEGALÆMA, Gr.. a. Chotorea, Bp. — 28. javensis, Horsf. — 29. lineata, Vieill. — 30. corvina, Temm. — 31. viridis, L. — 32. caniceps, Frankl. (lineata, Tickel, nec Vieill.) — 33. hodgsoni, Bp. — 34. phæosticta, Temm. — 35. chrysopogon, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854); "Megalæma a Chotorea Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, 1854, p. 127. (Consp. Vol. Zygodact., p. 12.) Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco javensis Horsfield (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 90.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 31).
Var. Chorotea, Chotorhea.- rhea
Gr. myth. Rhea, daughter of Uranus and mother to Zeus; ex “Nhandu-guacu brasiliensibus” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Rhea” of Moehring 1752, and Brisson 1760 (syn. Rhea americana).
- RHEA
(Rheidae; Ϯ Greater Rhea R. americana) Gr. myth. Rhea, daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and mother to Zeus and the gods < ῥεω rheō to flow, because rivers flow from Earth (γαια gaia Earth). The relevance of this epithet is unknown, although it may reflect the humorous juxtaposition of Rhea, the Great Mother, with the Ostrich, the Great Bird, in Aristophanes’ comedy Ornithes (The Birds). Valdés Chadwick 2016, recalls the myth of Cronon and Rhea, his sister and wife. Troubled by prophecy Cronon devoured his new-born children, with the exception of Zeus whom Rhea replaced with a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes. Cronon swallowed the offering, and, by association, it is noted that rheas, and other struthious birds, swallow stones and pebbles as an aid to digestion. "55. RHEA. Struthiocamelus Americanus. RAI. Syn. au. 36." (Moehring, 1752, Avium Genera, p. 57 (pre-Linnaean)); "Alis, pro mole corporis, parvis & volatui inutilibus:. . .Digitis tribus anticis, postico nullo. . .Rostro recto, horizontaliter subplano; apice subrotundo. . . . .Rhea. Genus 63. ... Le genre du Thouyou. (1). ... (1) Thouyou, nom forme de Thouyouyou, qui est celui que les Indiens de la Guiane donnent à l'espèce de ce genre. ... Genus Rheæ. (1). ... (1) Rhea, nomen a Moehringio huic generi inditum." (Brisson 1760); ex "Avis Eme" of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, "Struthio" and "Yandou" of de Laët 1633, "Nhandu-guacu" of Marcgrave 1648, and Piso 1658, "Struthio-Camelus" of Jonston 1650-1653, "Emeu nigricans" of Barrère 1745, "Rhea" of Moehring 1752, and Struthio Americanus Linnaeus, 1758; "Rhea Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, I, p. 46: V, p. 8. Type, by monotypy, "Rhea" Brisson = Struthio americanus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).
Synon. Gauria, Nandou, Pterocnemia, Touyou, Tuyus.
● (Casuariidae; syn. Casuarius Ϯ Double-wattled Cassowary C. casuarius) Given to the Cassowary by confusion.
