White-throated Redstart
White-throated Redstart
Here the details of the White-throated Redstart named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ruticilla schisticeps Cat.Mamm.BirdsNepalThibet[Gray,JE&Gray,GR] p.69,153
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Phoenicurus
Taxonomy Code: whtred1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Gray, JE & Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1847
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).
schisticeps
Late L. schistus slate < L. lapis schistos fissile stone < Gr. σχιστος skhistos cloven < σχιζω skhizō to split; L. -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Echenilleur à calotte grise” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1842 (Edolisoma).
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)