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Pied Plover/Pavoncella del Cile

Hoploxypterus cayanus (Latham, J 1790)

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

Vanellus cayennensis (Gmel.)

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel": "One specimen is in the juvenile stage. The egg we brought with us is considerably larger than the one illustrated by Thienemann (Fortpflanzungsgesch. t. 58, Fig. 7). Its length is 2" 3", its width 19'''" (p. 115).

References

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel", p. 115.

J. F. Gmelin (ed. by), Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, etc., Lipsiae [Leipzig], impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, 1788-1793, ed. 13, 3 vols., vol. I, pt. 2, p. 706.

J. Latham, Index ornithologicus, etc., Londini [London], Sumptibus authoris, 1790, 2 vols., vol. II, p. 749.

F. A. L. Thienemann, Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte der gesammten Vögel : Ausgearbeitet in den Jahren 1845 bis 1854 ; Einhundert Tafeln colorirter Abbildungen von Vogeleiern, Dresden, 1856, pl. LVIII, fig. 7.

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=FC943B05

Details

State of
preservation 

Good

Collection
date

April - May 1859

Collection 
place

Valparaiso, Chile

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

A1986

Dimension
(cm)

22x12x31 cm

IUCN index

Lower risk

State of
preservation 

Anoniem  

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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