The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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albovittata / albovittatus
L. albus white; vittatus banded < vitta band.

bivittata / bivittatus

Mod. L. bivittatus  two-banded, two-striped  < L. bi-  double  < bis  twice; vittatus  banded  < vitta  ribbon.
● ex “Figuier à tête noire de Cayenne” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 704, fig. 1, and “Sylvia caerulea var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Polioptila plumbea).


devittata / devittatus

Mod. L. devittatus  unbanded, lacking bands  < L. de-  not; vittatus banded  < vitta  band, ribbon.


lativittata

L. latus  broad; vittatus  banded  < vitta  band, ribbon.


quadrivittata / quadrivittatus

L. quadri-  four-  < quattuor  four; vittatus  banded  < vitta  band, ribbon.


quinquevittata / quinquevittatus

Mod. L. quinquevittatus  five-banded, five-lined  < L. quinque  five; vittatus  banded, ribboned  < vitta  ribbon, band.


trivittata / trivittatus

Mod. L. trivittatus  three-banded, having three bands  < L. tri-  three-  < tres  three; vittatus  banded  < vitta  ribbon, band.


vittata / vittatum / vittatus
L. vittatus banded, ribboned < vitta ribbon, band.
● ex “Perroquet de St.-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 792, “Papegai à bandeau rouge” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Red-banded Parrot” of Latham 1783 (Amazona).
● ex “Grey-backed Shrike” of Latham 1821 (Lanius).
● ex “Petrel bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Blue Peteril” of Cook 1777, “Vittated Petrel” of J. R. Forster 1777, 1778, and “Broad-billed Petrel” of Latham 17856 (Pachyptila).
● ex “Wreathed Tern” of Latham 1785 (Sterna).

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