Rufous-naped Bellbird
Rufous-naped Bellbird
Here the details of the Rufous-naped Bellbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pachycephala rufinucha Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1873) (1873), Pt3 p.692
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Oreoicidae / Aleadryas
Taxonomy Code: runwhi1
Type Locality: Hatam, Arfak Mountains.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ALEADRYAS
(Oreoicidae; Ϯ Rufous-naped Bellbird A. rufinucha) Gr. αλεα alea heat of the sun (in allusion to the sun-burnt nape); δρυας druas, δρυαδος druados dryad, woodnymph < δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; "ALEADRYAS gen. nov. Type, rufinucha Sclater 1874 (Pachycephala). ... The REDNAPED ROBIN-WHISTLER (Aleadryas rufinucha) is one of the most interesting of the Pachycephaloid forms as it definitely appears to be very aberrant, if it be a "Pachycephala" at all. It recalls some of the Shrike-Thrushes, or better still the Shrike-Robins, and must be transferred to one or the other at some later date. Scarcely any worker has considered it as an ordinary Whistler, but no one has found a place for it. The generic name Aleadryas is provided with rufinucha as type, as it differs from "Pachycephala" in the formation of its bill, which recalls that of a Colluricincla or Heteromyias: the nasal and rictal bristles are very notable; the coloration is distinctive and the legs are long and strong" (Iredale 1956); "Aleadryas Iredale, 1956. Birds New Guinea 2: 106. Type, by monotypy, Pachycephala rufinucha P. L. Sclater." (Beehler and Pratt, 2016, Birds New Guinea, p. 381).
rufinucha
L. rufus rufous; Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
SUBSPECIES
Rufous-naped Bellbird (rufinucha)
SCI Name: Aleadryas rufinucha rufinucha
rufinucha
L. rufus rufous; Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
Rufous-naped Bellbird (niveifrons)
SCI Name: Aleadryas rufinucha niveifrons
niveifrons
L. niveus snow-white < nix, nivis snow; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
Rufous-naped Bellbird (lochmia)
SCI Name: Aleadryas rufinucha lochmia
lochmia
Gr. λοχμαιος lokhmaios thicket-dwelling (an epithet of the Nightingale) < λοχμη lokhmē thicket.
Rufous-naped Bellbird (gamblei)
SCI Name: Aleadryas rufinucha gamblei
gamblei
Robert Gamble (fl. 1897) collector in New Guinea (subsp. Aleadryas rufinucha).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
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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)