Blue-fronted Redstart
Blue-fronted Redstart
Here the details of the Blue-fronted Redstart named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phoenicura frontalis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.14 p.172
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Phoenicurus
Taxonomy Code: blfred1
Type Locality: Himalayas; restricted to Garhwal by Baker, 1924, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 2, p. 69.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHOENICURUS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Common Redstart P. phoenicurus) L. phoenicurus redstart < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros redstart < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus, 1758); "SYLVIA PHOENICVRVS. Phoenicurus Ruficilla? Redstart, Redtail, or Shaketail." (T. Forster 1817); "Phoenicurus Forster, 1817, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, 16, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 74). According to Aristotle, the Common Redstart changed into the European Robin during the winter, and some of the shared synonyms reflect this old folkloric wisdom.
Var. Phenicura, Phoenicura, Phaenicura, Phaenicurus.
Synon. Adelura, Chaimarrornis, Diplootocus, Dorisornis, Kawabitakia, Nymphaeus, Phaeca, Rhyacornis, Rhondella, Rubecula, Ruticilla, Torrentaria.
● (syn. Phaethon Ϯ Red-tailed Tropicbird P. rubricauda) Gr. φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos red; ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Phaethon phoenicurus J. Gmelin, 1789 (= syn. Phaethon rubricauda)); "Subf. 7. Phaetoninæ. ... 19. Phœnicurus, Bp. 70 rubricauda, Bodd. (erubescens, Brandt.)" (Bonaparte 1855).
phoenicurus
L. phoenicurus redstart < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros redstart < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Red-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Dessonornis caffer).
● "99. MOTACILLA. ... Phœnicurus. 21. M. gula nigra, abdomine rufo, capite dorsoque cano. Fn. svec. 2. 4. Ruticilla. Will. orn. 159. Raj. av. 78. n. 5. Alb. av. I. p. 48. t. 50. Phœnicurus media, penna caudæ subnigra. Frisch. av. t. 20. f. 3. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phoenicurus).
frontale / frontalis
L. frontalis fronted, frontal < frontalia or frontale frontlet < frons, frontis forehead, brow (ref. distinctive, contrastingly coloured forehead patch, usually black or red).
● ex “Faucon Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 28 (syn. Crinifer piscator).
● Front Range, Rocky Mts., Colorado, USA (syn. Otus flammeolus).
● ex “Perruche Ara à Bandeau Rouge” of Levaillant 1801 (Pyrrhura).
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)