Yellow-cheeked Tit

Yellow-cheeked Tit / Machlolophus spilonotus

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Here the details of the Yellow-cheeked Tit named bird below:

SCI Name:  Machlolophus spilonotus
Protonym:  Parus spilonotus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.228
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae /
Taxonomy Code:  yectit1
Type Locality:  Darjeeling;
Author:  
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MACHLOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Yellow-cheeked Tit M. spilonotus) Gr. μαχλος makhlos  luxuriant, lush; λοφος lophos  crest; "Gen. MACHLOLOPHUS nov. gen. *) Büschelmeise.  505. 1. M. spilonotus Nob. — Parus spilonotus Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 444.   ...   *) Von μαχλοσ, üppig und λοφοσ Haube. Die Gruppe steht der Gattung Parus am nächsten, unterscheidet sich aber durch die stärker als bei Lophophanes entwickelten Federn der Haube.  Als Arten gehören hierher:  1. M. xanthogenys. — Parus xanthogenys Vig. Gould. —  2. M. melanolophus. — Parus melanolophus Vig. Gould. —  3. M. rubidiventris. — Parus rubidiventris Blyth." (Cabanis 1853); "Machlolophus Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91. Type, by subsequent designation (Gadow, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 8, p. 26), Parus spilonotus Blyth." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 71).

spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-cheeked Tit (spilonotus)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus
spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

Yellow-cheeked Tit (subviridis)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus subviridis
subviridis
L. subviridis  somewhat green, greenish  < sub  beneath, somewhat; viridis  green  < virere  to be green (cf. Mod. L. subviridis  pale green).

Yellow-cheeked Tit (rex)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus rex
rex
L. rex, regis  king  < regere  to rule (e.g. larger, crowned, with more colourful or regal plumage).
● ex “Roi des Oiseaux de Paradis” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Cicinnurus regius).
● ex “Roi des fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702, and “King Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Grallaria varia).
● ex “Perroquet Lori Radhia” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Lorius domicella).
● King I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Pardalotus quadragintus, subsp. Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera).
● Carlos Fernando Francisco de Assis de Bragança Sabóia Bourbon y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha Duque de Bragança and King of Portugal (1863-1908; reigned 1889-1908 assassinated) (subsp. Stactolaema anchietae).

Yellow-cheeked Tit (basileus)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus basileus
basileus
Gr. βασιλευς basileus king.