Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Aves

order

Passeriformes

family

Motacillidae

genus

Motacilla

Name

Synonyms

Metacilla Gmelin, 1774

Mottacilla Gmelin, 1774

Homonyms

Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

Wagtails in English

wagtail in English

ob. ärla in Swedish

Bibliographic References

1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
2. CoL2006
3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 17 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifteen genera of the class Aves, the type species of each of which was determined by Linnean tautonymy (Direction supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.8), 89-112 (1955)
4. Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition.
7. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
8. Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
9. Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
10. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
11. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
12. SOF (2004) Lista över svenska fåglar bearbetad av Oskar Kindvall baserat på excelfil från SOF (http://www.sofnet.org).
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
15. as per family