Ashy Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Here the details of the Ashy Minivet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lanius divaricatus Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.305
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code: ashmin1
Type Locality: Singapore.
Author: Raffles
Publish Year: 1822
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.
divaricata / divaricatus
L. divaricatus spread out < divaricare to spread out.
• "MUSCICAPA. * Cauda divaricata, Edolii. ... 543. M. divaricata n. Drongo à moustaches Le Vaill. Afr. t. 169.? M. nigra, cauda leviter emarginata, longitudine corporis, rectricibus apice dilatatis divaricatis. Long. tot. 9", caudae 4½". Habitus robustior. Senegamb." (Lichtenstein 1823) (subsp. Dicrurus adsimilis).
• "5. LANIUS DIVARICATUS. BERIBBA BURONG LILIN. About seven inches in length; tail as long as the body, and forked; upper-feathers blackish; lower ones white. The bill is straight, hooked, and notched at the point. The colour above is grey, becoming brown on the wings; below white. A black stripe from the bill to the eyes. Found at Singapore; but it is also known in Sumatra. The above is the description of the female."(Raffles 1822) (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)