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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
Because of Dr. Afranio de Amaral, name that was used by H.W. Fowler; personal communication of John Friell/Cornell University
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Derived from the Latin ovum (ovi), meaning egg; and raptor, meaning a robber or plunderer, commonly used term for a predator, in reference to the peculiar dietary preferences observed in this species. A noun in apposition.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS