Zoological Type Notes --C

• Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham) 1790 IndexOrn. 1 p.107 Concept Nomenclature
• Type by subsequent designation, C. banksii (Lath.) = Psittacus magnificus Shaw (G.R. Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1840, p.43)
• Type locality: New Holland = New South Wales.

• Type by subsequent designation, Certhia cyanocephala Shaw = Certhia verticalis Linnaeus (G.R. Gray Cat.Gen.Subgen.Birds 1855 p.137). [from Peters Checklist 12:223.]
• I interpret the gender of Cyanomitra to be feminine based on Gray's use in combination with cyanocephala as the type. Reichenbach (according to the Richmond Index listing) lists the "Types as:
  • Certhia cyanocephala Shaw
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  • C. pusilla Swains.
  • C. affinis Rüppell
  Therefore, I take the association with the designated type species as determinative for the gender (as the Greek adjective μτρα [mitra: banded] does not in itself indicate a gender.

• Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.155
  • Type by tautonomy. Casuarius = Struthio casuarius Linnaeus.
  • Type locality : "Asia, Sumatra, Molucca, Banda" (Linnaeus)
  • Type locality (Peters [Mayr] comments): 'Ceram, "corrected" type locality. Rothschild, 1900, Trans.Zool.Soc.London 15 p.115.' Peters 1:8.

• Crypturellus tataupa (Temminck) 1815 Hist.Nat.Pig.Gallin. 3 p.590,752
  • Type by original designation. '"C. tataupa Temm." = Tinamus tataupa Temminck.'
  • Type locality (Peters [Mayr] representation): '"Bresil" = Rio de Janiero, fide Pinto, 1964, Orn.Bras. 1 p.10.' Peters 1:34.

• Chamaepetes goudotii (Lesson) 1828 Man.Orn. 2 p.217
  • Type by monotypy, Ortalida goudotii Lesson.
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "Quindiu = Quindio region, Central Andes, Colombia." Peters 2:22.

• Crax rubra Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.157
  • Type by subsequent designation, Crax rubra Linnaeus. (Ridgeway, Man.N.Am.Bds. ed.2 1896, p.207)
  • Type locality: "America" (Linnaeus).
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "no locality given." Peters 2:12.

• Tetrau coturnix Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.161
  • Type established under plenary powers of the commission for Coturnix Bonaterre, and unchanged as Coturnix Garsault.
  • Type locality: "Europa, Asia, Africa." (Linnaeus).
  • Type locality: "Europe, restricted type locality Sweden ex Faun.Sv." Peters 2:92.

• Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson) 1838 J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 7 p.864
  • Type by tautonomy and monotypy Phasianus crossoptilon Hodgson.
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "No exact type locality, but type probably from Western China". Peters 2:111.

• Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.158
  • Type by monotypy Phasianus pictus Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: "China". Peters 2:130.

• Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte) 1827 Zool.J. 3 p.213
  • Type by original designation Tetrao urophasianus Bonaparte.
  • Type locality: Northwestern countries beyond the Mississippi, especially on the Missouri = North Dakota.

• Callipepla squamata (Vigors) 1830 Zool.J. 5 p.275
  • Type by monotypy Callipepla strenua Wagler = Ortyx squamatus Vigors.
  • Type locality: Mexico

• Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.161
  • Type by monotypy Perdix mexicanus Caille de la Louisiana, pl. Enl. no.149 = Tetrao virginianus Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: Mexico

• Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors) 1830 Zool.J. 5 p.275
  • Type by monotypy Ortyx massena Lesson = Ortyx montezumae Vigors.
  • Type locality: Mexico

• Chauna chavaria (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.260
  • Type by monotypy Parra chavaria Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: lakes near Rio Sinu, south of Cartagena, Colombia.

• Cygnus olor (Gmelin) 1789 Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.502
  • Type by monotypy Anas olor Gmelin.
  • Type locality: "in Russia, Sibiria, Persico etiam littore maris caspi = Russia"

• Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.124
  • Type by monotypy Anser hyperboreus Pallas = Anas caerulescens Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: "in Canada = Hudson Bay, norhteastern Manitoba" AOU CL 7ed. p.58.

• Chloephaga picta (Gmelin) 1789 Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.504
  • Type by original designation Anas magellanica Gmelin = Anas leucoptera Gmelin (Chloephaga picta leucoptera).
  • Type locality: Falkland Islands

• Cairina moschata (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.124
  • Type by monotypy Anas moschata Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: "in India, error = Brazil" AOU CL 7ed. p.64.

Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.112

• Type by original designation. Cuculus auratus Linnaeus
• Type locality: "Carolina = South Carolina".

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• Celeus flavescens (Gmelin) 1788 Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.427
  • Type by subsequent designation, C. flavescens Gmelin = Picus flavescens Gmelin (Gray,GR 1855 Cat.Gen.Subgen.Birds p.55.)
  • Type locality: "Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janiero" Cory 1919 FieldMus.Nat.Publ.Zool.Ser. 13 pt2 no.2 p.448. Peters 6:122.

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• Campephilus principalis† (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.113
  • Type by original designation, C. principalis (Linnaeus) = Picus principalis Linnaeus
  • Type locality: "North America = South Carolina ex Catesby Peters 6:231.

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• Camarhynchus psittacula Gould 1837 PZS Pt5 no.49 p.6
  • Type by original designation.
  • Type locality: "Galapagos Islands" Peters 13:165.

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• Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli) 1786 Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.89
  • Type by subsequent designation, C. strictus = Picus strictus Horsfield) 1821 Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1) 13 p.176 (Hargitt 1890 Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 18 p.442)
  • Picus strictus Horsfield = Chrysocolaptes lucidus strictus.
  • Type locality: "Java". Peters 6:227.

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• Capito niger (Muller,PLS) 1776 Natursyst.Suppl. p.89
  • Type by monotypy Bucco niger Muller,PLS.
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "No locality = Cayenne, ex Buffon." Peters 6:25.

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• Corythopis delalandi (Lesson) 1830 TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.392
  • Type by monotypy Myiothera calcarata Wied = Muscicapa delalandi Lesson.
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "No locality; the types are from near Rio de Janeiro, fide Hellmayr, 1924, p.34."

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• Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.190
• Type by subsequent designation G.R.Gray, 1842, Appendix to a list of the Genera of Birds, p. 8. Parus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758.
• Type locality: "Habitat in Europa". Linnaeus
• Type locality (Peters representation): "Sweden" Peters 12:113 (DW Snow).
• Thanks to Steven Gregory for working out the details of the type here.

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• Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors) 1831 PZS Pt1 no.3 p.35
• Peters Checklist 11:355 (Mayr) says:
• "Type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1855, Cat.Gen.Subgen.BirdsBrit.Mus., p.53), Phoenicura rubeculoides Vigors."
• The Richmond Index card for this genus has a note saying:
  • "In Ann.+Mag.N.H., XX. 1847, 319, he says rubeculoides is the type."
• I follow the Richmond Index.
• Type locality (Peters representation): "Himalayas; restricted to Simla-Almora bye Ticehurst and Whistler, 1924, Ibis, p.471, to Darjeeling by Stuart Baker, 1924, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 2, p.231"

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• Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham 1802 Suppl.ind.orn. p.lxvii
• Type by monotypy.

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Comments&Suggestions to Data Steward
Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
POB 1999
Walla Walla, WA 99362-0999

Last updated 2010.11.30