Ryukyu Minivet
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Ryukyu Minivet
Here the details of the Ryukyu Minivet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pericrocotus tegimae Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 9 p.648
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code: ryumin1
Type Locality: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Author: Stejneger
Publish Year: 1887
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos golden-yellow < κροκος krokos saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors. ... Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.
tegimae
Seiichi Tegima (fl. 1887) Japanese naturalist, Director of Educational Mus., Tokyo (Pericrocotus).
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)
