The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Graphephasianus

(Phasianidae; syn. Syrmaticus Copper Pheasant S. soemmerringi) Gr. γραφη graphē  drawing, engraving  < γραφω graphō  to draw; φασιανος phasianos  pheasant; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  b. *Graphephasianus Rchb.  Soemmeringii (Phas. — T.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 347. ic. 1952—53 et 1951." (Reichenbach 1853); "Graphephasianus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXIX.  Type, by original designation, Phasianus soemmerringi Temminck, 1830." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Graphophasianus.


HYDROPHASIANUS

(Jacanidae; Ϯ Pheasant-tailed Jaçana H. chirurgus) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro- water-  < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos  water; φασιανος phasianos  pheasant; "Genus Hydrophasianus Wagl., Wasserfasan.  Genus novum.  Zu dieser sehr natürlichen Sippe gehört als Grundform: Parra sinensis Auct. Die Gestalt der Flügel und des Schwanzes, der Mangel von Lappen am Kopfe u.s.w. sind als äußere Kennzeichen dieser Sippe vorzüglich zu beachten." (Wagler 1832); "Hydrophasianus Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 279. Type, by original designation, Parra chinensis [sic] Auct. = Tringa chirurgus Scopoli." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 227).
Var. Hydrophasiamus, HydrophasinnusHydrophasis (Mod. L. phasis  pheasant  < Med. L. phasis avis  pheasant).
Synon. Diplopteryx.


Lophophasianus

(Phasianidae; syn. Catreus Cheer Pheasant C. wallichii) Gr. λοφος lophos  crest; φασιανος phasianos  pheasant; "Genera et Species typicae.   ...   c. *Lophophasianus Rchb.  Wallichii (Phas. — Gr. Hardw.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 346. ic. 1947—48." (Reichenbach 1853); "Lophophasianus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXIX.  Type, by original designation, Phasianus wallichii Hardwicke, 1827." (JAJ 2020).


Oreophasianus (See: OREOPHASIS)
OREOPHASIS

(Cracidae; Ϯ Horned Guan O. derbianus) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (i.e. mountains of Guatemala); Mod. L. phasis  pheasant  < Med. L. phasis avis  pheasant; "OREOPHASIS.  Bill lengthened, compressed on the sides; the base of both mandibles covered with soft velvety down, forming a short but lengthened crest along the basal portion of the culmen to the front of the nostrils; the anterior part of the culmen vaulted and arched to the tip; nostrils concealed by the velvety down, except the opening, which is rather ovate.  Wings rather short, and much rounded, with the sixth and seventh quills the longest.  Tail lengthened, very broad, and much rounded at its end.  Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe, robust.  Toes long, and the lateral ones equal; the claws moderate, compressed, and slightly curved.  The space above the eye naked; with a broad, rounded, and elevated knob, truncated at its end.  Two longitudinal stripes below the under mandible, and a semicircular space on the throat, denuded of feathers.  This fine bird was brought from Guatemala; but its habits and manners are at present unknown.   O. Derbianus G. R. Gray." (G. Gray 1844); "Oreophasis G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1844, p. [485], col. pl. 121 and pl. [121]. Type, by monotypy, Oreophasis derbianus G. R. Gray." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 24).
Var. Oreophasianus (Gr. φαςιανος phasianos  pheasant).


phasianus

L. phasianus  pheasant  < Gr. φασιανος phasianos  pheasant.
● ex Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).


PHASIANUS

(Phasianidae; Ϯ Common Pheasant P. colchicus) L. phasianus  pheasant < Gr. φασιανος phasianos  pheasant.  The Phasian birds were first found by the Argonauts on the banks of the River Phasis in Colchis / Rioni River, Georgia.  In ornithology phasis  < Med. L. phasis avis  pheasant, Phasian bird, is frequently used as a substitute for phasianus; "90. PHASIANUS.  Genæ cute nuda lævigata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phasianus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 158. Type, by tautonymy, Phasianus colchicus Linné. (Phasianus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 121).  Linnaeus's Phasianus comprised five species (P. Gallus, P. Meleagris, P. colchicus, P. pictus, P. nycthemerus).  The numerous forms of the Common Pheasant are sometimes divided into three separate species, i.e. Pcolchicus, P. torquatus and P. elegans
Var. PhasiamusPhasiauns.


urophasianus

Gr. ουρα oura tail; φασιανος phasianos pheasant; “Tetrao urophasianus.—Head smooth: primaries unspotted: toes strongly pectinated: tail subcuneiform, of twenty narrow tapering feathers.  ...  Size of the T. urogallus, which species it represents in the New Continent.” (Bonaparte 1827) (cf. “We naïvely took this from ουρα and phasianus; but we suspect that we made a great bull in not making a bull instead of a tail out of the first part of the word.  So, to take this bull by the tail, we should say that urophasianus is probably constructed upon the model of urogallus, which word was formed by Gesner from the German Auerhahn, where Auer = urus, the bull described by Cæsar, the Aurochs; the implication being the bird’s comparative size.” (Coues 1884)) (Centrocercus). 


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