Burnt-neck Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Here the details of the Burnt-neck Eremomela named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eremomela usticollis Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.102
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Eremomela
Taxonomy Code: bunere1
Type Locality: 'in Caffraria superiori.'' Type from Leroma, Transvaal, fide Gyldenstolpe, 1927, Arkiv. Zool., 19 A, no. 1, p. 50.
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EREMOMELA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Eremomela E. icteropygialis) Gr. ερημος erēmos desert; μελος melos song, melody; "23. Eremomela (n. g.) flaviventris ("Sylvia flaviventris Burch." Wahlb.) in schedulis ... Hab. in Caffraria superiore, campestri et sylvatica. Char. generis. Ala mediocris, vix fornicata, pennis 1—3 gradatis, prima brevi; 3=4. Rostrum subulatum, acutum, vix incisum (fere Sylviæ trochili), vibrissis obsoletis; naribus Sylviæ. Tarsi scutati; digiti laterales æquales. Cauda brevior, leviter emarginata, pennis angustioribus.— Sp. inter Sylvias et Zosteropes mediæ; similes Acanthizis, sed minus pictæ. A Phyllopneustis præcipue differunt vibrissis vix ullis, rostro acutiore, cauda breviore, linea superciliari non distincta, vel saltem non flava. Radices nominis: Eρημος, desertum; μελος, carmen, hinc Eremomela, deserti cantor." (Sundevall 1850); "Eremomela Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 102. Type, by original designation, Sylvia flaviventris Burchell [1822 nec Sylvia flaviventris Vieillot, 1817] = Sylvietta icteropygialis Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 196).
Var. Erenomela.
Synon. Baeoscelis, Dryodromas, Eremomeloides, Magalilais, Tricholais.
usticollis
L. ustus burnt < urere to burn; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
SUBSPECIES
Burnt-neck Eremomela (rensi)
SCI Name: Eremomela usticollis rensi
rensi
Revd. J. H. Rens (1886-1957) Dutch missionary to Nyasaland 1915-1949 (subsp. Eremomela usticollis).
Burnt-neck Eremomela (usticollis)
SCI Name: Eremomela usticollis usticollis
usticollis
L. ustus burnt < urere to burn; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
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)