The Key to Scientific Names
- 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).