White-tailed Alethe

White-tailed Alethe / Alethe diademata

White-tailed Alethe

Here the details of the White-tailed Alethe named bird below:

SCI Name:  Alethe diademata
Protonym:  Bessonornis (Turdus) diadematus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.302
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ficale3
Type Locality:  Guinea.
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Publish Year:  1850
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DEFINITIONS

ALETHE
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Fire-crested Alethe A. castanea) Alethe, attendant of the Sacred Ibis in the Temple of Isis (cf. Gr. αληθης alēthēs  sincere, actual; myth. Alethes, a king of Corinth); "Genus ALETHE, nobis.  General form and aspect of Napothera, but with the bill thicker, the bristles at the base of the upper mandible weaker and shorter, and in general characters more approaching Cossypha and Geocichla. Wing rather long, first quill short, fourth and fifth longest, tail moderate, legs rather strong.    75. ALETHE CASTANEA, (Cassin.)  Napothera castanea, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 1856, p. 158." (Cassin 1859); "Alethe Cassin, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 11, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Napothera castanea Cassin." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 61).

diademata / diadematum / diadematus
L. diadematus  diademed  < diadema  diadem  < Gr. διαδημα diadēma  diadem, royal head-dress.