Long-billed Rhabdornis
Long-billed Rhabdornis
Here the details of the Long-billed Rhabdornis named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rhabdornis grandis DanskOrn.For.Tidsskr. 47 p.139
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Rhabdornis
Taxonomy Code: lobrha1
Type Locality:
Author: Salomonsen
Publish Year: 1953
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHABDORNIS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Stripe-headed Rhabdornis R. mystacalis) Gr. ῥαβδος rhabdos stripe (cf. ῥαβδος rhabdos twig); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "CLII. Rhabdornis RCHB. Nat. Syst. t. suppl. — Voriger Gattung wohl nahe stehend, aber bei so eigenthümlichem Kleide und auffallender Streckung des Schnabels jedenfalls der Typus einer neuen, für deren Umschreibung wir noch weitere Angaben erwartern. — "Zunge flach, hornartig, an der Spitze gespalten und faserig, nur wenig protraktil": v. KITTLITZ. — Die Entfernung dieses neuen Typus reinigt den von Climacteris und bestimmt zugleich dessen geographische Verbreitung genauer. 640. Rh. mystacalis (Meliphaga — TEMM. col. 335. 2.) RCHB. t. DLXVI. 3859. obere Fig. TEMM. 3860. untere. v. KITTLITZ." (Reichenbach 1853); "Rhabdornis Reichenbach, 1853, Handb. spec. Orn., p. 276. Type, by monotypy, Meliphaga mysticalis Temminck." (Greenway in Peters 1967, XII, 161).
grandis
L. grandis large.
● ex “Lori de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 683, “Purpur-roode Lori” of Vosmaer 1769, “Grand Lori” of de Buffon 17770-1783, and “Grand Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Great Jacamar” of Latham 1782 (syn. Jacamerops aurea).
● ex “Ibijau” or “American Goatsucker” of Ray 1713, “Grand Tette-chèvre tacheté du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, “Grand Crapaud volant de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 325, “Grand Ibijau” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grand Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grand Barbu de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 871, “Grand Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Grand Barbet” of Latham 1783 (syn. Psilopogon virens).
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)