List of ornithologists and their proper name contributions
Systematic names are the Latin based names given to birds and other forms of life. Throughout time many species have had their names changed numerous times. This list will detail the names given, when they were given, by whom they were given, and if no longer in used what they are now.
A
Archey, Gilbert Edward
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Pachyornis mappini |
1941 |
Mappin's Moa |
In use |
B
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Dinornithidae |
1853 |
Moa |
In use |
|
Aepyornithidae |
1853 |
Elephant Bird |
In use |
Burckhardt, Carl Emmanuel
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Aepyornis hildebrandti |
1893 |
In use |
G
Gadow, Hans Friedrich
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Neornithes |
1893 |
Modern Birds |
In use |
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Aepyornis |
In use |
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Aepyornis maximus |
1851 |
Great Elephant Bird |
In use |
H
Houde, Peter W.
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Lithornithiformes |
1989 |
Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club |
In use |
|
Lithornithidae |
1989 |
Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club |
In Use |
|
Lithornis celetius |
1989 |
Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club |
In Use |
Hutton, Frederick Wollaston
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Anomalopteryx antiquus |
1892 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
L
Lydekker, Richard
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Pachyornis |
1891 |
In use |
Linneaus, Carl
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Aves |
1758 |
Bird |
Systema Naturae |
In use |
Struthio |
1758 |
Ostrich |
Systema Naturae |
In use |
N
Newton, Alfred
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Aepyornithiformes |
1884 |
Elephant Bird |
In use |
O
Oliver, Walter
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Anomalopteryx parvus |
1949 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
|
Anomalopteryx oweni |
1949 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
|
Emeus casuarinus |
1930 |
Eastern Moa |
Emeus crassus |
|
Emeus huttonii |
1930 |
Eastern Moa |
Emeus crassus |
|
Cela |
1949 |
Pachyornis |
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Pachyornis australis |
1949 |
Crested Moa |
In use |
Owen, Richard
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Lithornis |
1840 |
In use |
||
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
1844 |
Little Moa |
In use |
|
Dinornis didiformis |
1844 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
|
Dinornis parvus |
1883 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
|
Euryapteryx curtus |
1846 |
North Island Broad-billed Moa |
In use |
|
Euryapteryx geranoides |
1848 |
Stout-legged Moa |
In use |
|
Megalapteryx didinus |
1883 |
Upland Moa |
In use |
|
Dinornis |
1843 |
Giant Moa |
In use |
|
Megalornis |
1843 |
Giant Moa |
Dinornis |
|
Palapteryx |
1851 |
Giant Moa |
Dinornis |
|
Dinornis novaezealandiae |
1843 |
North Island Giant Moa |
In use |
|
Dinornis giganteus |
1844 |
South Island Giant Moa |
In use |
|
Dinornis struthoides |
1844 |
In use |
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Emeus crassus |
1846 |
Eastern Moa |
In use |
|
Dinornis crassus |
1846 |
Eastern Moa |
Emeus crassus |
|
Dinornis casuarinus |
1846 |
Eastern Moa |
Emeus crassus |
|
Dinornis huttonii |
1846 |
Eastern Moa |
Emeus crassus |
|
Pachyornis elephantopus |
1856 |
Heavy-footed Moa |
In use |
P
Pycraft, William Plane
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Palaeognathae |
1900 |
Old Jaws |
In use |
R
Reichenbach, Ludwig
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Anomalopteryx |
1852 |
Little Moa |
In use |
|
Emeus |
1852 |
Eastern Moa |
In use |
V
von Haast, Julius
Name |
Year |
Common name |
Literature cited |
Replaced by |
Dinornis Oweni |
1886 |
Little Moa |
Anomalopteryx didiformis |
|
Euryapteryx |
In Use |
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Megalapteryx hectori |
1886 |
Upland Moa |
Megalapteryx didinus |