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The Names of the Birds of Venezuela (1 Viewer)

Björn Bergenholtz

(former alias "Calalp")
Sweden
Verea, C., E. J. Calvo y M. A. Pacheco. 2018. Los Nombres de las Aves de Venezuela: Comunes, Científicos, Aborígenes. Primera Parte: No Passeriformes. Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela (here):
[page 6] ... Es en defensa de ese legado histórico, que la presente obra recopila la mayoría de los nombres comunes conocidos para cada especie de ave en Venezuela, incluidos aquellos dados por sus distintos grupos aborígenes, así como los expresados en diferentes documentos científicos u ordinarios de nuestra historia ornitológica. Además, la obra proporciona los nombres científicos de cada especie, así como su etimología, de manera que el lector comprenda la razón de sus nombres latinos, lo cual otorga un mejor sentido a su uso. ...
[Google Translate] ... It is in defense of this historical legacy, that the present work collects most of the common names known for each species of bird in Venezuela, including those given by their different aboriginal groups, as well as those expressed in different scientific or ordinary documents of our history ornithological. In addition, the work provides the scientific names of each species, as well as its etymology, so that the reader understands the reason for their Latin names, which gives a better meaning to their use. ...
[page 9] ... una nota aclaratoria acerca de la condición taxonómica del nombre se menciona en la sección de NOTAS. La etimología base sigue la propuesta por Jobling (2010). La misma se comparó con otras propuestas recientes (Biaggi 1974, Gotch 1981, Farieta 2011, Beolens et al. 2014, Mouchard 2015, otras), en virtud de exponer el origen/significado más idóneo para el nombre científico en concordancia con su pasado histórico y la homología a resaltar en la especie que representa. En muchos casos, descifrar la etimología requirió la revisión de cuantiosos trabajos clásicos de la ornitológica mundial, ...
[Google Translate] ... an explanatory note about the taxonomic condition of the name is mentioned in the NOTES section. The base etymology follows the one proposed by Jobling (2010). The same was compared with other recent proposals (Biaggi 1974, Gotch 1981, Farieta 2011, Beolens et al. 2014, Mouchard 2015, others), by virtue of exposing the most suitable origin / meaning for the scientific name in accordance with its historical past and the homology to stand out in the species it represents. In many cases, deciphering the etymology required the revision of numerous classic works of the world ornithology, ...
 
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