Falco urubitinga J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Schmitt, Stéphane & Gouraud, Christophe, 2024, The significance of Buffon and Guéneau de Montbeillard’s Histoire naturelle des oiseaux ([1765] - 1783) in the taxonomy of birds: General presentation and correspondence between Buffon’s “ eagles ” and the species acknowledged by Linnaeus (1758, 1766), Brisson (1759 - 1762), and Gmelin (1788 - 1789), Zoosystema 46 (16), pp. 361-409 : 398-400

16. Buffon’s “Urubitinga ” (full species)

16.1. Linnaeus (1758): not considered.

16.2. Brisson (1759a: 445-446, 1763a: 128): “ AIGLE DU BRÉSIL ”, “ AQUILA BRASILIENSIS ”, species 12 of genus IX (“Aigle”, “ Aquila ”), order III, section 1.

OBSERVATION. — No direct observation. Description borrowed from Markgraf.

REFERENCES. — Markgraf (1648: 214), “ Urubitinga ”; Jonston (1657: 146, pl. 61), based on Markgraf; Willughby (1676: 32), idem; Ray (1713: 8 no. 9), idem.

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil.

MODERN IDENTIFICATION. — The description of this bird, entirely based on Markgraf, clearly corresponds to * Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) ; see Herrmann (1989: 192).

16.3. Linnaeus (1766): not considered.

16.4. Buffon in Buffon & Guéneau de Montbeillard (1771a: 141), quarto edition; (1771b: 110), folio edition: “ URUBITINGA ”.

REMARK. — In spite of Buffon, the term “urubitinga ” never imposed itself in French, but it was admitted as a specific name in Latin from 1788 onwards.

OBSERVATION. — No direct observation. Description borrowed from Markgraf or Brisson.

REFERENCES. — Markgraf (1648: 214); Brisson (1759a: 445).

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil.

MODERN IDENTIFICATION. — * Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) ; see the comments on Brisson.

16.5. Gmelin (1788: 265): “ FALCO URUBITINGA ” G42 S70, order “ Accipitres ”. REFERENCES. — Brisson (1763a: 128); Willughby (1678: 64); Ray (1713: 8 no. 9); Buffon & Guéneau de Montbeillard (1771a: 141); Latham (1781: 41 no. 20), “Brasilian Eagle” based on Brisson, Buffon, Ray, Willughby.

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil.

MODERN IDENTIFICATION. — * Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) ; see Brisson.

MODERN NOMENCLATURE. — Falco urubitinga J. F. Gmelin, 1788 is an available and valid name, the protonym of the name currently in use for the species.