Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Here the details of the Yellow-bellied Hyliota named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hyliota flavigaster Class.Birds 2 p.260 fig.229h
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hyliotidae / Hyliota
Taxonomy Code: yebhyl1
Type Locality: Senegal.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYLIOTA
(Hyliotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Hyliota H. flavigaster) Gr. ὑλειωτης huleiōtēs forester, an epithet of Pan < ὑλη hulē woodland, forest; "Hyliota, Sw. (fig. 229.h) Bill lengthened, very slightly widened at the base, and much compressed beyond the nostrils. Rictus nearly smooth. Wings, tail, and feet as in Muscicapa; but the middle toe is shorter, and the claws are broader, thicker, and much more curved. Africa: representing Platystera. H. flavigaster. West. Af. ii." (Swainson 1837); "Hyliota Swainson, 1837 (June or July), Nat. Hist. Class. Birds, 2, p. 260, fig. 229h. Type, by original designation, Hyliota flavigaster Swainson." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 219).
Var. Hyliotis.
flavigasta / flavigaster / flavigastra
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; gaster, gasteris belly.
● ex “Merle à gorge noire de Saint-Domingue” (= ☼) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 559 (syn. Icterus dominicensis).
● ex “Golondrina de la vientre amarillazo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 306 (syn. Stelgidopteryx ruficollis).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-bellied Hyliota (flavigaster)
SCI Name: Hyliota flavigaster flavigaster
flavigasta / flavigaster / flavigastra
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; gaster, gasteris belly.
● ex “Merle à gorge noire de Saint-Domingue” (= ☼) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 559 (syn. Icterus dominicensis).
● ex “Golondrina de la vientre amarillazo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 306 (syn. Stelgidopteryx ruficollis).
Yellow-bellied Hyliota (barbozae)
SCI Name: Hyliota flavigaster barbozae
barbozae
José Vicente Barboza du Bocage (1823-1907) Portuguese ornithologist, father of Angolan ornithology (subsp. Hyliota flavigaster).
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)