Fruit-hunter
Fruit-hunter
Here the details of the Fruit-hunter named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chlamydochaera jefferyi Ibis p.439 pl.13
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Chlamydochaera
Taxonomy Code: fruit-2
Type Locality: Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1887
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHLAMYDOCHAERA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Fruit-hunter C. jefferyi) Gr. χλαμυς khlamus, χλαμυδος khlamudos mantle; χαιρω khairō to rejoice; "CHLAMYDOCHÆRA, gen. n. Chlamydochæra, generi "Edoliisoma" dicto maxime affinis, sed primario primo abbreviato et pictura insignissima et insolita facile distinguenda. 7. CHLAMYDOCHÆRA JEFFERYI, sp. n. Adult male. General colour above dark French grey; wing-coverts like the back, the greater series rather paler externally, with concealed black bases ... I have named this species after Mr. Jeffery Whitehead, the traveller's father, by whose aid and encouragement Mr. John Whitehead has been enabled to carry out his ornithological expeditions." (Sharpe 1887); "Chlamydochaera Sharpe, 1887, Ibis, p. 439. Type, by monotypy, Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 196). This bird has previously been placed in Oriolidae and in Campephagidae, but recent analyses indicate that it is closely related to Cochoa.
jefferyi
Jeffrey Whitehead (d. 1909) English stockbroker, father of explorer John Whitehead (Aethopyga, Chlamydochaera, Cissa, Pithecophaga).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)