Microhierax Latifrons Bird
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Microhierax Latifrons Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Microhierax latifrons Ibis p.237 pl.7
Taxonomy: Falconiformes / Falconidae / Microhierax
Taxonomy Code: whffal1
Type Locality: Ldwas River and Lumbidan, Borneo.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1879
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
MICROHIERAX
(Falconidae; Ϯ Black-thighed Falconet M. fringillarius) Gr. μικρος mikros small; ἱεραξ hierax, ἱερακος hierakos falcon, hawk (cf. genus Ierax Vigors, 1824 (emended to Hierax Vigors, 1826, falconet)); "MICROHIERAX *. Hierax, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. p. 339 (1824, nec Leach, 1816). . . . . .Type. H. fringillarius. ... *μικρος, parvus, ἱεραξ, accipiter." (Sharpe 1874).
Synon. Ierax.
latifrons
L. latus broad, wide; frons, frontis brow, forehead.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
