The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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flavogrisea / flavogriseum / flavogriseus

L. flavus  golden-yellow, yellow; Med. L. griseum  grey.


griseum / griseus

Med. L. griseum, griseus or grisius  grey.  In ornithology this colour includes a variety of sombre tones, from ashy-grey to sooty-black and dark brown.
● ex “Crabier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 908, and “Crabier gris à tête et queue vertes” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Butorides striatus).
● ex “Brown Snipe” of Pennant 1785 (Limnodromus).
● ex “Caille brune de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Grey-throated Quail” of Latham 1783 (syn. Margaroperdix madagarensis).
● ex “Engoulevent gris” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Goatsucker” of Latham 1785 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grey Hornbill” of Latham 1787 (Ocyceros).
ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
ex “Ara gris à trompe” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Probosciger aterrimus).
ex “Grignet” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 126 (syn. Sylvia subcoerulea).
ex “Tangara olive de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 1, and “Gris-Olive” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vireo).
● ex “Icterus cinereus Novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tocolin” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Oriole” of Latham 1782 (unident.).


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