The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Xiphidiopterus

(Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † White-headed Lapwing V. albiceps) Gr. ξιφιδιον xiphidion  dagger  < dim. ξιφος xiphos  sword; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  4. a. Tylibyx Rchb.  ...  c. Xiphidiopterus Rchb.  albiceps (Lobivan. — Strickl.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 181. ic. 2432." (Reichenbach 1853); "Xiphidiopterus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XVIII.  Type, by original designation, Lobivanellus albiceps Strickland, 1841 = Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834." (JAJ 2020).


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