Black-necked Eremomela
Black-necked Eremomela
Here the details of the Black-necked Eremomela named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eremomela atricollis J.Sci.Math.Phys.Nat.Lisboa(2), 3 p.153
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Eremomela
Taxonomy Code: blnere1
Type Locality: Galanga, Angola.
Author: Bocage
Publish Year: 1894
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EREMOMELA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Eremomela E. icteropygialis) Gr. ερημος erēmos desert; μελος melos song, melody; "23. Eremomela (n. g.) flaviventris ("Sylvia flaviventris Burch." Wahlb.) in schedulis ... Hab. in Caffraria superiore, campestri et sylvatica. Char. generis. Ala mediocris, vix fornicata, pennis 1—3 gradatis, prima brevi; 3=4. Rostrum subulatum, acutum, vix incisum (fere Sylviæ trochili), vibrissis obsoletis; naribus Sylviæ. Tarsi scutati; digiti laterales æquales. Cauda brevior, leviter emarginata, pennis angustioribus.— Sp. inter Sylvias et Zosteropes mediæ; similes Acanthizis, sed minus pictæ. A Phyllopneustis præcipue differunt vibrissis vix ullis, rostro acutiore, cauda breviore, linea superciliari non distincta, vel saltem non flava. Radices nominis: Eρημος, desertum; μελος, carmen, hinc Eremomela, deserti cantor." (Sundevall 1850); "Eremomela Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 102. Type, by original designation, Sylvia flaviventris Burchell [1822 nec Sylvia flaviventris Vieillot, 1817] = Sylvietta icteropygialis Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 196).
Var. Erenomela.
Synon. Baeoscelis, Dryodromas, Eremomeloides, Magalilais, Tricholais.
atricollis
L. ater black; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Habia de la gola negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 82 (Saltator).
● ex “Merle Roux à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 113 (artefact).
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)