Oahu Akepa
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Oahu Akepa
Here the details of the Oahu Akepa named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Loxops wolstenholmei Bull.Br.Orn.Club 1 p.56
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Loxops
Taxonomy Code: akepa2
Type Locality:
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
LOXOPS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Hawaii Akepa L. coccineus) Gr. λοξος loxos oblique, slanting (cf. genus Loxia Linnaeus, 1758, crossbill); ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos countenance, face; “Subfam. Loxianae. ... 3. Loxia Lin. 4. Loxops nov. gen. Die Gattung Loxops (von λοξος, schief, seitwärts gebogen und οψ, Gesicht) ist in Färbung und Schnabelbildung eine Wiederholung der Gattung Loxia im Kleinen. Die Schnabelspitzen sind indess weniger stark gekrümmt. Typus: L. coccinea. Fringilla coccinea Gm. Lath. von den Sandwichs-Inseln.” (Cabanis 1847).
Synon. Byrseus, Chrysomitridops, Hypoloxias.
wolstenholmei
Edward B. Wolstenholme (fl. 1892) New Zealand collector in the Hawaiian Is. (‡Loxops).
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)
