Slaty Egret

Slaty Egret / Egretta vinaceigula

Slaty Egret

Here the details of the Slaty Egret named bird below:

SCI Name:  Egretta vinaceigula
Protonym:  Melanophoyx vinaceigula Bull.Br.Orn.Club 5 p.11,13
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae /
Taxonomy Code:  slaegr1
Type Locality:  Potchefstroom, Transvaal.
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Publish Year:  1895
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DEFINITIONS

EGRETTA
(Ardeidae; Little Egret E. garzetta) French Aigrette  egret  < dim. Provençal Aigron  heron; "EGRETTA GARZETTA?  The Egret?" (T. Forster 1817); "Egretta T. Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Bds., 1817, p. 59.  Type, by monotypy, Ardea garzetta Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 110).   
Var. Egetta.   
Synon. Demigretta, Dichromanassa, Erodius, Florida, Garzetta, Glaucerodius, Hemiegretta, Hemigarzetta, Herodias, Hydranassa, Lepterodas, Leucophoyx, Melanophoyx, Notophoyx.

egretta
French Aigrette  egret  < dim. Provençal Aigron  heron.
● ex “Guiratinga” of Ray 1713, “Grande Aigrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925, “Grande Aigrette” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Great Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (subsp. Ardea alba).

vinaceigula
L. vinaceus  vinaceous  < vinum, vini  wine; gula  throat.