The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Zonifer
(Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † Banded Lapwing V. tricolor) Gr. ζωνη zōnē band, girdle; φερω pherō to carry (cf. L. zona girdle, belt; ferre to bear); "15. ZONIFER *. Range. Confined to Australia. 1. Zonifer tricolor. ... * ζωνη, band; φερω, I carry." (Sharpe 1896); "Zonifer Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 24, 1896, p. 145 (in key), p. 154. Type, by monotypy, Charadrius tricolor Vieillot." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 242).
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