The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Stictapteryx

(Apterygidae; syn. Apteryx Little Spotted Kiwi A. owenii) Gr. στικτος stiktos  spotted, dappled  < στιζω stizō to tattoo; genus Apteryx Shaw, 1813, kiwi; "Stictapteryx, gen. nov.  Type Apteryx owenii Gould.  Internal features of generic value have been cited, as well as the external ones, and also variations in ptilosis." (Iredale & Mathews 1926); "Stictapteryx Iredale and Mathews, 1926, Bull. Br. Orn. Cl. 46: 76 — type Apteryx owenii Gould (nomen nudum)." (Checklist Birds New Zealand, 3rd ed., 1990, p. 7).


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