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)
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
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 at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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