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Monotypic taxon: Genus Scopus Brisson, 1760 (bird)
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Authorship

Original name:  Brisson, 1760. Ornith., 5, 503; Bonnaterre 1790, Ency. Méth., (Orn.) 1, xciii.

Types

Type of: Scopidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1853
Type, by monotypy: Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789

Variants

Different spelling: Scops (Genus) Brünnich, 1772 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Homonyms

Formal homonym: †Scopus (Genus) Sellards, 1907, nom. illeg.
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