The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- trachelia
Gr. τραχηλια trakhēlia gristle and meat scraps of the neck < τραχηλος trakhēlos neck.
- Trachelia
(Glareolidae; syn. Glareola † Collared Pratincole G. pratincola) Gr. τραχηλια trakhēlia gristle and meat scraps of the neck < τραχηλος trakhēlos neck; "TRACHELIA. KRAM. EL. p. 381. Pratincola. ... 161. TRACHELIA PRATINCOLA. ... Statura Turdi Merulæ. Rostrum nigrum. Mandibula inferior fere recta, brevior, basi rubra. Rectrices albæ, sub apice fuscæ. Remiges primæ nigræ. Digitus medius duplo longior lateralibus. Variat collo rufo." (Scopoli 1769); "Trachelia Scopoli, Annus I., Hist. Nat. p. 110, 1769. Type (by monotypy): Hirundo pratincola Linné." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 184).
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