Mao
Mao
Here the details of the Mao named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Merops samoensis Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(2), 16 p.314
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Gymnomyza
Taxonomy Code: mao1
Type Locality: Samoa Islands ; restricted to Upolu Island by Mayr, 1932, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 516, p. 2.
Author: Hombron & Jacquinot
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
GYMNOMYZA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Crow Honeyeater G. aubryana) Gr. γυμνος gumnos bare, naked; genus Myza Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895, myza; "le tour de l'œil en partie dénudé, sauf en arrière, où les plumes de la paupière relient celles de la tête; une autre nudité, partant du dessous de l'œil, s'étend sur le côté de la tête, en dessus et en avant de la région parotique" (J. Verreaux & des Murs 1860); "Herr Reichenow stellt hierauf zwei neue Gattungen auf: Gymnomyza mit dem Typ Leptornis aubryanus Verr. Desm. und Dreptes mit dem Typ Nectarina [sic] thomensis Boc." (Reichenow 1914); "Gymnomyza Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn. 1914, p. 488. Type (by original designation): Leptornis aubryanus V. et des M." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 799).
Synon. Amoromyza, Gummyza, Leptomyza, Leptornis.
samoensis
Samoa (Samoan sa sacred; moa centre, place).
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)