Pernis
Translingual
Etymology
The name of the genus is due Cuvier (1816), after the species name Pernis apivorus (Linné 1758). The name περνης (pernēs) is used by Aristotle of a bird of prey (Cuvier 1831:242)
Proper noun
Pernis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order; Accipitridae – family; Perninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pernis apivorus - type species; for other species see
Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Georges Cuvier, Henry M'Murtrie (trans.), The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization (1831).
Further reading
Pernis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Pernis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - The template Template:R:NCBI does not use the parameter(s):
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