Golden-bellied Gerygone
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Here the details of the Golden-bellied Gerygone named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gerygone sulphurea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1863) (1863), Pt3 p.490
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Gerygone
Taxonomy Code: gobger1
Type Locality: Solor Island, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Author: Wallace
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GERYGONE
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ White-throated Gerygone G. olivacea) Gr. γηρυγονος gērugonos echoes < γηρυω gēruō to sing; γονη gonē offspring, child; "I found it in considerable numbers in every part of the Upper Hunter district, nearly always among the gum-trees, and constantly uttering a peculiar and not very harmonious strain" (Gould 1865); "These birds having been characterised by me under the generic name of Psilopus; but that term having been previously employed in Entomology I propose to alter it to Gerygone" (Gould 1841); "Gerygone Gould, 1841, in G. Grey, Journ. Two Exped. Discovery Northwest Western Australia, 2, p. 417, note. New name for Psilopus Gould, 1838, preoccupied by Psilopus Meigen, 1824." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 444).
Var. Gerigone, Gerypont.
Synon. Ethelornis, Hapolorhynchus, Leptotodus, Maorigerygone, Ostiarius, Pseudogerygone, Psilopus, Royigerygone, Tinamulus, Wilsonavis.
sulphurea
L. sulphureus sulphureous < sulphur, sulphuris sulphur.
● ex “Crested Parrot or Cockatoo” of Albin 1738, “Cacatua luteo-cristata” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Kakatoës à huppe jaune” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 14, and “Lesser White Cockatoo” of Edwards 1764, and Latham 1781 (Cacatua).
SUBSPECIES
Golden-bellied Gerygone (flaveola)
SCI Name: Gerygone sulphurea flaveola
flaveola / flaveolus
L. flaveolus yellowish < dim. < flavus golden, yellow.
● "59. CERTHIA. ... flaveola. 5. C. nigra, uropygio pectoreque luteo, superciliis macula alarum rectricumque apicibus albis. Luscinia s. Philomela e fusco et luteo varia. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 307. t. 259. Raj. av. 187. n. 45. Edw. av. 122. t. 122. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Coereba).
● "112. FRINGILLA. ... flaveola. 24. F. flava, fronte fulva, remigibus rectricibusque nigris flavo marginatis. Habitat . . . . . Museum De Geer. Corpus magnitudine & statura F. canariensis, flavissimum. Rostrum convexum, pallidum apice fusca. Frons fulva s. crocea. Dorsum flavo-virescens. Remiges Rectricesque nigræ utroque margine flava. Cauda forficata. Pedes pallidi." (Linnaeus 1766) (Sicalis).
● "97. EMBERIZA. ... flaveola. 10. E. grisea, facie flava. Habitat in calidis regionibus. Corpus magnitudine Ligurini. Frons & Gula flavæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
Golden-bellied Gerygone (sulphurea)
SCI Name: Gerygone sulphurea sulphurea
sulphurea
L. sulphureus sulphureous < sulphur, sulphuris sulphur.
● ex “Crested Parrot or Cockatoo” of Albin 1738, “Cacatua luteo-cristata” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Kakatoës à huppe jaune” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 14, and “Lesser White Cockatoo” of Edwards 1764, and Latham 1781 (Cacatua).
Golden-bellied Gerygone (simplex)
SCI Name: Gerygone sulphurea simplex
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
Golden-bellied Gerygone (rhizophorae)
SCI Name: Gerygone sulphurea rhizophorae
rhizophora / rhizophorae
Mod. L. rhizophorus of the mangroves < Botanical genus Rhizophora Linnaeus, 1753, mangrove < Gr. ῥιζοφορος rhizophoros carrying roots < ῥιζα rhiza root; -φορος -phoros carrying < φερω pherō to carry.
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)