Olive Ibis

Here the details of the Olive Ibis named bird below:

SCI Name:  Bostrychia olivacea
Protonym:  Ibis olivacea Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Brux. 4(1837) p.105,pl.
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Threskiornithidae / Bostrychia
Taxonomy Code:  oliibi2
Type Locality:  Upper Guinea, accepted as type locality by Chapin, loc. cit.
Author:  Du Bus
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BOSTRYCHIA
(Threskiornithidae; Ϯ Wattled Ibis B. carunculata) Gr. βοστρυχιον bostrukhion  little curl, ornament  < βοστρυχος bostrukhos  curl, tendril ("The wattle is a thin, dusky red pendant, up to 20 mm long, which hangs from the lower throat" (Hancock et al. 1992) (cf. erroneous Hockey et al. 2005: "= curved , referring to curved beak")); "11. G[eronticus]. carunculatus (Rüpp.) Faun. Abyss. t. 19. - Type of Bostrychia Reich. (1845?)." (G. Gray 1847); "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  δ. *Bostrychia Wagl. carunculata (Ibis — Rüpp.) W.  Ic. Av. t. 143. ic. 1011." (Reichenbach 1852); "Bostrychia Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XIV.  Type, by original designation, Ibis carunculata Rüppell, 1837." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Hagedashia, Lampribis, Oreoibis, Parnopio.

olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).

SUBSPECIES

Olive Ibis (olivacea)
SCI Name: Bostrychia olivacea olivacea
olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).

Olive Ibis (cupreipennis)
SCI Name: Bostrychia olivacea cupreipennis
cupreipennis
L. cupreus  coppery  < cyprium or cuprum  copper; -pennis  -winged  < penna  feather.

Olive Ibis (akeleyorum)
SCI Name: Bostrychia olivacea akeleyorum
akeleyorum
Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926) US taxidermist and explorer, and his first wife Delia Julia Akeley née Denning (1875-1970) (subsp. Bostrychia olivacea).

Olive Ibis (rothschildi)
SCI Name: Bostrychia olivacea rothschildi
rothschildi
● Lionel Walter 2nd Baron Rothschild of Tring (1868-1937) English ornithologist (syn. Amazona barbadensis, subsp. Arachnothera longirostra, Astrapia, Bangsia, subsp. Bostrychia olivacea, subsp. Buteo buteo, syn. Camaroptera superciliaris, syn. Casuarius unappendiculatus, subsp. Charmosyna pulchella, syn. Cochoa viridis, Crithagra, Cypseloides, syn. Daphoenositta chrysoptera striata, syn. Diomedea exulans, syn. Diphyllodes magnificus, syn. Eos bornea, subsp. Fregata magnificens, subsp. Geospiza scandens, subsp. Geotrygon saphirina, syn. Granatina ianthinogaster, syn. Gygis alba candida, Heliangelus x Eriocnemis, syn. Hemitriccus zosterops, subsp. Heteromyias armiti, syn. Irediparra gallinacea, Leucopsar, syn. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Muscicapa sibirica, subsp. Nucifraga caryocatactes, ‡syn. Pachyornis elephantopus, syn. Phaethon rubricauda, syn. Phalacrocorax onslowi, subsp. Phasianus colchicus, syn. Pitta sordida, subsp. Pomatorhinus superciliaris, subsp. Psilopogon lagrandieri, syn. Rhea americana albescens, syn. Rhea americana intermedia, syn. Sericulus chrysocephalus, subsp. Serilophus lunatus, syn. Stipiturus malachurus westernensis, syn. Sylvia melanocephala momus, syn. Tanysiptera nympha, subsp. Zosterops minor) (see rothschildii).
● Maurice Edmond Charles Baron de Rothschild (1881-1957) French politician, art collector, big-game hunter, patron of the arts, Senator 1929-1945 (syn. Anthoscopus sylviella, syn. Campephaga phoenicea, syn. Columba iriditorques, syn. Euplectes hordeaceus craspedopterus, subsp. Hirundo lucida, syn. Laniarius funebris, syn. Pyrenestes ostrinus).