White-throated Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Here the details of the White-throated Greenbul named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Xenocichla albigularis Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 6(1881) p.103 pl.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code: whtgre2
Type Locality: Fantee.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1882
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; στρεφω strephō to toss, to turn; "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. ... Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute. Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.
albigulare / albigularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● “Hellmayr proposed Automulus roraimae as a new name for Philydor albigularis Salvin and Godman on grounds that it was a homonym of Philydor albogularis Spix ... 1824 ... however under the International Rules albigularis and albogularis are different names” (Peters VII 1951); “Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Art. 58 (8) these two names are homonymous variable spellings and under Arts. 57 and 59 (a) primary homonyms, so Hellmayr was correct and Vaurie was wrong” (Eisennann in Vaurie 1980) (syn. Automolus roraimae).
SUBSPECIES
White-throated Greenbul (White-throated)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus albigularis albigularis
albigulare / albigularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● “Hellmayr proposed Automulus roraimae as a new name for Philydor albigularis Salvin and Godman on grounds that it was a homonym of Philydor albogularis Spix ... 1824 ... however under the International Rules albigularis and albogularis are different names” (Peters VII 1951); “Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Art. 58 (8) these two names are homonymous variable spellings and under Arts. 57 and 59 (a) primary homonyms, so Hellmayr was correct and Vaurie was wrong” (Eisennann in Vaurie 1980) (syn. Automolus roraimae).
White-throated Greenbul (Green-crowned)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus albigularis viridiceps
viridiceps
L. viridis green < virere to be green; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
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)