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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Eurypyga
Illiger, 1811
(bird)
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Entity:
Eurypygidae (Family) - sunbittern
..Eurypyga (Genus)
....Eurypyga helias (Species) - sunbittern
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 257.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Eurypygidae
(Family)
Selby, 1840
Type of
:
Eurypygides
(Infraorder)
(Fürbringer, 1888) Sibley
et al.
, 1988
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 96.
[implicit]
Type, by monotypy
:
Eurypyga helias
(Pallas, 1781)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Euripyga
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1854
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Euripygia
(Genus)
Des Murs, in Chenu, [1854]
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Eurypiga
(Genus)
Dumont, 1821
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Eurypigia
(Genus)
Des Murs, in Chenu, [1854]
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Eurypya
(Genus)
Nitzsch, 1833
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Eurypygia
(Genus)
Swainson, 1837
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zonnerallen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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