The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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morinellus

Dim. < Gr. μωρος mōros  foolish; “I call it Morinellus for two reasons, first, because it is frequent among the Morini (*Flemmings) and, next, because it is a foolish bird, even to a proverb, we calling a foolish dull person a Dotterel” (Ray 1678); "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  Morinellus.  6. C. pectore ferrugineo, fascia superciliorum pectorisque lineari alba, pedibus nigris. Fn. svec. 158. 160.  Morinellus. Alb. av. 2. p. 57. t. 61. 62. Raj. av. 111.  Habitat in Europa: ad Alpes migrans per Upsaliam medio maji septentrionem versus.  Mas ad scrobiculum abdominis niger, femina non." (Linnaeus 1758) (Charadrius).


Morinellus

(Charadriidae; syn. Charadrius  Eurasian Dotterel C. morinellus) Based on "Morinellus" of Gessner 1555, and specific name Charadrius Morinellus Linnaeus, 1758 (ex "Morinellus" of Ray 1713, and Linnaeus 1746, and "Dotterell" of Albin 1731-1738); "EUDROMIAS, Boie.  Charadrius, L.  Pluvialis, Briss.  Morinellus, Gesn.   E. Morinella, (L.) Boie, Pl. enl. 832" (G. Gray 1840); "C. CHARADRIEÆ.  ...  20. Morinellus, Bp.   42. sibiricus, Gm. (morinellus, L. tataricus, Pallas.  montanus, Brehm.  stolidus, Brehm.)   43. caspius, Pallas.  (asiaticus, Pallas, nec Hortf.  jugularis, Wagl.  gigas, Brehm. juv.)   44. australis, Gould." (Bonaparte 1856); "Morinellus (not Morinella Meyer and Wolf, 1810) Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 43, p. 417, 1856—type, by tautonymy, Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 80). 


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