Dusky Tetraka
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Dusky Tetraka
Here the details of the Dusky Tetraka named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bernieria tenebrosa Orn.Monatsb. 33 p.150
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Bernieridae / Xanthomixis
Taxonomy Code: dustet1
Type Locality: Sianaka Forest, eastern Madagascar.
Author: Stresemann
Publish Year: 1925
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
DEFINITIONS
XANTHOMIXIS
(Bernieridae; Ϯ Spectacled Tetraka X. zosterops) Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; ομμα omma, ομματος ommatos eye; genus Neomixis Sharpe, 1881, jery (cf. genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul); "A better arrangement of the genus Bernieria and its allies appears to me to be somewhat as follows ... b. Tarso quam culmen longiore. ... d'. Vibrissis maximis, usque ad apicem rostri productis; tarsis integris. . . . . Xanthomixis. ... 4. Xanthomixis zosterops (Sharpe)" (Sharpe 1881) (see Neomixis).
Var. Xanthomixus, Xanthomiscus.
tenebrosa / tenebrosus
L. tenebrosus dark, gloomy < tenebrae darkness.
● ex “Petit Coucou noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 505 (Chelidoptera).
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)
