隱䴉屬屬名Geronticus)是朱鷺科朱鷺亞科的一個屬,其學名來自希臘語「γέρωντος」(gérontos),意思是「老人」,以指其禿頭[3]。其模式種為禿䴉[1][2]

隱䴉屬
化石時期:中新世中期至今,13–0 Ma
禿䴉
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 鳥綱 Aves
目: 鵜形目 Pelecaniformes
科: 䴉科 Threskiornithidae
亞科: 朱鷺亞科 Threskiornithinae
屬: 隱䴉屬 Geronticus
Wagler, 1832
模式種
禿䴉[1][2]
Geronticus calvus
(Boddaert, 1783)

除去現存的兩個種隱䴉禿䴉之外,該屬還包括三個化石種,即迷䴉Geronticus perplexus,中中新世)、無嵴䴉Geronticus apelex,早上新世)與巴爾幹䴉Geronticus balcanicus,晚上新世)[4]

參考文獻

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Gray, George Robert. A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. 1840: 67 [2020-03-16]. (原始內容存檔於2020-11-24). 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William (編). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 1 2nd. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1979: 264 [2020-03-16]. (原始內容存檔於2020-10-29). 
  3. ^ Brookes (2006) p.507
  4. ^ del Hoyo et al. (1992), Boev (1998, 2002), Mlíkovský (2002)
  • Boev, Zlatozar (1998): Presence of Bald Ibises (Geronticus Wagler, 1832) (Threskiornithidae - Aves) in the Late Pliocene of Bulgaria. Geologica Balcanica 28 (1–2): 45–52.
  • Boev, Zlatozar (2002):Additional Material of Geronticus balcanicus Boev, 1998, and Precision of the Age of the Type Locality. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 52 (2): 53–58 [English with Bulgarian abstract]. full text
  • Brookes, Ian (ed.) (2006): The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-550-10185-3
  • |del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (eds.) (1992): Handbook of Birds of the World (Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-10-5
  • Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002): Cenozoic Birds of the World (Part 1: Europe). Ninox Press, Prague. ISBN 80-901105-3-8 PDF fulltext
  • Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil & Tarboton, Warwick R. (2002): SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town ISBN 1-86872-721-1
  • Snow, David W. & Perrins, Christopher M. (eds.) (1998): The Birds of the Western Palearctic (concise ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854099-X

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