Western Olivaceous Warbler

Western Olivaceous Warbler / Iduna opaca

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Here the details of the Western Olivaceous Warbler named bird below:

SCI Name:  Iduna opaca
Protonym:  Hypolais opaca Mus.Hein. 1 p.36,note
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acrocephalidae /
Taxonomy Code:  weowar1
Type Locality:  Senegal.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1851
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

IDUNA
(Acrocephalidae; Ϯ Booted Warbler I. caligata) Norse myth. Iðunn or Iduna, goddess of spring and fertility, keeper of the magic apples of rejuvenation, who was changed into a sparrow to enable her rescue by Loki, in falcon form, from the giant Þjazi or Thiassi (Raul Mohedano in litt.); "IDUNA:  235. L. CALIGATA Lichtenst. — Sylvia caligata Licht. in Eversm. Reise p. 128. — Motacilla Salicaria Pall. Zoogr. I. p. 492. n. 127.  In Russland und Sibirien strichweise in Weidengebüschen an Flüssen hin, so weit strauchartige Gewächse gedeihen, auch in Daurien beobachtet, von EVERSMANN am Ilek, einem Nebenflusse des Ural angetroffen." (von Keyserling & Blasius 1840); "Iduna Keyserling and J. H. Blasius, 1840, Wirbelthiere Europa's, p. 58. Type, by monotypy, Sylvia caligata Lichtenstein." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 78).
Synon. Chloropeta, Jerdonia, Psaltria.

opaca / opacus
L. opacus  dark, obscure.
● ex “Sylvia opaca” of Lichtenstein MS (Iduna).