The Key to Scientific Names
- leucophaeus
Gr. λευκοφαιος leukophaios whitish-grey, ash-coloured.
● ex “Drongri” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 170 (Dicrurus).- LEUCOPHAEUS
(Laridae; † Dolphin Gull L. scoresbii) Gr. λευκοφαιος leukophaios whitish-grey, ash-coloured < λευκος leukos white; φαιος phaios dusky (cf. λευκοφαης leukophaēs gleaming white); "XII. Leucophaeus Bp. Schmuckmöven. Gefieder dunkel, gegen den Schwanz hin lichter werdend. Schnabel und Füsse dick und stark. Schwimmhäute stark ausgeschnitten. 62) haematorhynchus King. Süd-America." (Bruch 1853); "212. Leucophaeus, Bp. 1852. (Leucophaius. - Larus, part., Gr.) Rostrum robustissimum: pedes validi; membrana interdigitali profunde excisa; halluce brevissimo, ungue obtuso. Alae elongatae; remigibus nigris: cauda aequalis. Color obscurus, caudam versus dilutior. Analogiam cum PROCELLARIIDIS et cum LAREO genere BLASIPA praebet. Am. m. occ. 3. 1. LARUS scoresbii, Trail. (haematorhynchus, King. ... *2. LARUS fuliginosus, Gould. (Adelarus neptunus, Bp. in litt. adult - Ad. belcheri, p. Bruch. - Ad. fuliginosus, Bp. 1854. - Leucophaes fuliginosus, Bp.) ... 3. LARUS belcheri, Vig. 1829." (Bonaparte 1857); "Leucophaeus “Bp.” Bruch, 1853, Journal für Ornithologie, I, p. 108. Type, by monotypy, Larus haematorhynchus King, 1839 = Larus scoresbii Traill, 1823." (JAJ 2022).
Var. Leucophaius, Leucophoeus.
Synon. Atricilla, Blasipus, Epitelarus, Procellarus.
