Gallicolumba Tristigmata Bird
Gallicolumba Tristigmata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Columba tristigmata Compt.Rend. 40 p.207
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Gallicolumba
Taxonomy Code: sugdov1
Type Locality: Tondano, Celebes.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GALLICOLUMBA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Luzon Bleeding-heart G. luzonica) Portmanteau of genera Gallus Brisson, 1760, fowl, and Columba Linnaeus, 1758, pigeon; "Die Gattung Hühnertaube, Gallicolumba s. Columbi-Gallina: Lauf länger, dicker, Schnabel schlank, biegsam; leben gesellig und suchen die Nahrung am Boden wie die Hühner, sind auch meist so groß. Die blutfleckige Taube, Gallicolumba cruenta (Taf. 67 Fig. 14), auf den Philippinen, zeichnet sich vorzüglich durch einen blutfarbigen Fleck auf der Brust aus." (Heck 1849); "Gallicolumba Heck, Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, 1, 1849, p. 434. Type, by monotypy, Gallicolumba cruenta [(Gmelin)] = Columba luzonica Scopoli." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 133).
Synon. Diopezus, Pampusanna, Plegoenas.
tristigma / tristigmata / tristigmatus
Gr. τρι- tri- three- < τρεις treis, τρια tria three; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos brand < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
SUBSPECIES
Sulawesi Ground Dove (tristigmata)
Latin Name: Gallicolumba tristigmata tristigmata
tristigma / tristigmata / tristigmatus
Gr. τρι- tri- three- < τρεις treis, τρια tria three; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos brand < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
Sulawesi Ground Dove (bimaculata)
Latin Name: Gallicolumba tristigmata bimaculata
bimaculata / bimaculatus
Mod. L. bimaculatus two-spotted, double-spotted < L. bi- double < bis twice; maculatus spotted < maculare to make spotted < macula spot.
Sulawesi Ground Dove (auripectus)
Latin Name: Gallicolumba tristigmata auripectus
auripectus
L. aurum gold; pectus, pectoris breast.
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)