Plain Bush-hen

Plain Bush-hen / Amaurornis olivacea

Plain Bush-hen

Here the details of the Plain Bush-hen named bird below:

SCI Name:  Amaurornis olivacea
Protonym:  Gallinula olivacea NovaActaAcad.Caes.Leop.Carol. 16 Suppl. p.109 pl.20
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae /
Taxonomy Code:  plabuh1
Type Locality:  Manila.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1834
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

AMAURORNIS
(Rallidae; Philippine Bush-hen A. olivacea) Gr. αμαυρος amauros  dark; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  *Amaurornis Rchb.  olivacea (Gallin. — Meyen). Ic. Av. t. 192. ic. 1112—13." (Reichenbach 1853); "Amaurornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vög. p. xxi, 1852 (1853).  Type (by original designation): Gallinula olivacea Meyen." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 95). 
Var. Amaurormis.   
Synon. Aenigmatolimnas, Erythra, Oenolimnas, Pisynolimnas.

olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).