Pernis
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
The name of the genus is due Cuvier (1816), after the species name Pernis apivorus (Linné 1758). The name πέρνης (pérnēs) is used by Aristotle of a bird of prey (Cuvier 1831:242)
Proper noun edit
Pernis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (genus): Pernis apivorus - type species; for other species see Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- 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 edit
- Pernis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pernis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pernis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as pernesse in 1250. Compound of Middle Dutch perre (“enclosed space”) and nesse (“headland, spit”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Per‧nis
Proper noun edit
Pernis n
- A village and former municipality of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.