Fan-tailed Gerygone
Fan-tailed Gerygone
Here the details of the Fan-tailed Gerygone named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acanthiza flavolateralis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)2 p.161
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Gerygone
Taxonomy Code: fatger1
Type Locality: New Caledonia (island of Nu).
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1859
IUCN Status:
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.
flavolateralis
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; lateralis of the flanks < latus flank.
SUBSPECIES
Fan-tailed Gerygone (Fan-tailed)
SCI Name: Gerygone flavolateralis [flavolateralis Group]
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.
Fan-tailed Gerygone (Rennell)
SCI Name: Gerygone flavolateralis citrina
citrina
Med. L. citrinus yellow, citrine < L. citrus citron, citrus (cf. According to Ray 1713, Citrina is a German name for the Canary).
● ex “Citrine Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Acanthisitta chloris).
● ex “Orange-headed Thrush” of Latham 1787 (Geokichla).
● ex “Citrin” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 127 (syn. Prinia flavicans).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 2 (Setophaga).
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)