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Uncirostrum brelayi
Sorry the suppression of Wagler's 1822 name was addressed by the IUZN in Opinion 928 (Aug 1970)- PScofield
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- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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Uncirostrum brelayi
Interesting issues here. Billberg, 1820 is given as author in Wikipedia - yes I know it was slack - I didn't check further. The first and accepted author of the weevil genus seems to be Germar, 1824. The identification of this homonym seems to date back to no less than Charles Darwin - pg 50...- PScofield
- Post #11
- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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Uncirostrum brelayi
On the subject of Pachyramphus aglaiae (Lafresnaye, 1839) I noted an interesting thing that shows what an age of web trawling "bots" we are in. The name given in the OD above is Pachyrhynchus aglaiae Lafresnaye, 1839. Pachyrhynchus Wagler, 1822 is a junior homonym of Pachyrhynchus Billberg...- PScofield
- Post #8
- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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Uncirostrum brelayi
The exact M. Brelay should easily be able to be determined from marriage records (assuming they have a date of birth and age of spouse) as the Revue Zoologique article has this dedication to Aglaé Brelay née Delmestre 1800-1879: My money is on the Charles born in 1792 as Le Cormenier is only...- PScofield
- Post #3
- Forum: Bird Name Etymology