The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Burhinops

(Burhinidae; syn. Burhinus Spotted Dikkop B. capensis) Genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811, stone-curlew; Gr. ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  appearance; "If therefore, the generic status of Esacus and Orthorhamphus is maintained, as has been done in the past, we must also separate O. capensis from Burhinus on the same grounds, and I propose the new generic name of BURHINOPS, making O. capensis Lichtenstein the genotype; it has the tail length not more than half the wing length, Burhinus having the tail more than half the wing length." (A. Roberts 1922); "Burhinops A. Roberts, 1922, Annals Transvaal Mus., VIII (4), p. 203.  Type, by original designation, Oedicnemus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823." (JAJ 2020).


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