The Key to Scientific Names
- albus
L. albus white, matt white (cf. candidus glittering white) (see also alba).
● ex “Colibri à queue violette de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 671, fig. 2, “Colibri à queue violette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Violet-tailed Hummingbird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Anthracothorax nigricollis).
● ex “White Eagle” of Charleton 1668, and Latham 1781, “Aquila alba cygnea” of Klein 1750, and “Aigle blanc. Aquila alba” of Brissson 1760 (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Corneille du Sénégal” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Corvus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX. ... alba. 2. S. rostro arcuato, pedibus rubris, corpore albo, alarum apicibus viridibus. Numenius albus. Catesb. car. I. p. 82. t. 82. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eudocimus).
● ex “White Partridge” of Edwards 1743-1751, and Ellis 1748, “Lagopede de la Baye d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White Grous” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus muta).
● ex “Ourigourap” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 14 (Namaqua name Ourigourap for the Egyptian Vulture) (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Weisser Fasan” of Goetz 1782 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “White Gallinule” of Phillip 1789 (‡Porphyrio).
● ex “White Toucan” of Hawkesworth 1769, and “White Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (unident.).- ateralba / ateralbus
- L. ater black; albus white.
- balbusardus
French name Balbusard for the Osprey < English bald; French Buse buzzard < Old French Buson or Buison buzzard (syn. Pandion haliaetus).
- Balbusardus
(Pandionidae; syn. Pandion † Osprey P. haliaetus) French name Balbusard for the Osprey < English bald; French Buse buzzard < Old French Buson or Buison buzzard; "GEN. VIII. BALBUSARDUS, (Pandion of Savigny), OSPREY. —Outer toe capable of having its position and motion reversed, and having a larger claw than the inner toe. 15. B. Haliætus—Wings longer than the tail. Tarsi short, thick, and reticulated. Balbusardus, Will. Orn. 37. Sibb. Scot. 15. — Osprey, Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 174. — Falco Hal. Temm. Orn. i. 47. — W, Pysg Eryr, Gwalch y weilgi; G, Iolair uisge. —Frequents the margins of large rivers and lakes. ... Feeds on fish chiefly, darting upon them in the water." (Fleming 1828); "Balbusardus Fleming, 1828, History of British Animals, p. 51. Substitute name for Pandion de Savigny, 1809." (JAJ 2020).
- capitalba / capitalbus
L. capitalis relating to the head < caput, capitis head; albus white.
- nigralba / nigralbus
- L. niger black; albus white.
● ex “Soui-manga brun et blanc” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Leptocoma zeylonica). - nigroalba / nigroalbus
- L. niger black; albus white.
- rufalbus
- L. rufus rufous; albus white.
- tetricialbus
Portmanteau of specific names Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus 1758) and Lagopus albus (J. Gmelin 1789) (= syn. Lagopus lagopus) (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (Lagopus lagopus x Lyrurus tetrix hybrid).
- urogalloalbus
Portmanteau of specific names Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 and Tetrao albus J. Gmelin 1789 (= syn. Lagopus lagopus) (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (Tetrao urogallus x Lagopus lagopus hybrid).