Mocking Cliff-Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Here the details of the Mocking Cliff-Chat named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus cinnamomeiventris Mag.Zool. 6 cl.2 pl.55,56
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Thamnolaea
Taxonomy Code: moccha1
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope [= Cape Province, fide Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 463].
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THAMNOLAEA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Mocking Cliff Chat T. cinnamomeiventris) Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; λαιος laios thrush.; "Gen. THAMNOLAEA nov. gen. **) Buschschmätzer. 53. 1. Th. cinnamomeiventris Nob. Turdus cinnamomeiventris Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1836. tab. 56. ... 54. 2. Th. semirufa Nob. — Thamnobia et Saxicola semirufa Rüpp. ... **) Von θαμνος, Gebüsch und λαιος, Arist. Ein kürzerer, stärker gebogner Schnabel, nicht zugespitzte Flügel mit längerer 1ster Schwinge und längeren Armschwingen, ein längerer stark abgerundeter Schwanz und kürzere weniger entwickelte Füsse unterscheiden die Gattung von Monticola und Saxicola. Der gestiefelte Lauf allein ist genügender Unterschied von Thamnobia. Als 3te Art gehört hierher: Thamnolaea albiscapulata Nob. Saxicola albiscapulata Rüpp. Neue Wirbelth. tab. 62." (Cabanis 1853); "Thamnolaea Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 8. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 36), Turdus cinnamomeiventris Lafresnaye." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 119).
Synon. Thamnocichla.
cinnamomeiventris / cinnamomeoventris
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon; L. venter, ventris belly.
SUBSPECIES
Mocking Cliff-Chat (bambarae)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris bambarae
bambarae
Bambara, a people of the French Sudan / Mali.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (coronata)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris coronata
coronata
L. coronatus crowned < coronare to crown < corona crown.
● "114. MOTACILLA. ... coronata. 21. M. nigro maculata, pileo hypochondriis uropygioque flavis. Motacilla corona aurea. Edw. av. - - t. 298. Habitat in Pensylvania. Corpus dorso pectore abdomineque adspersum maculis parvis nigris. Fascia alarum duplex alba. Gula alba." (Linnaeus 1766) (Setophaga).
● ex “Wreathed Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Sterna vittata).
Mocking Cliff-Chat (kordofanensis)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris kordofanensis
kordofanensis / kordofanicus
Kordofan, Sudan.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (albiscapulata)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris albiscapulata
albiscapulata
L. albus white; Mod. L. scapulatus shouldered < Late L. scapula shoulder < L. scapulae shoulders.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (subrufipennis)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris subrufipennis
subrufipennis
L. subrufus reddish < sub somewhat; rufus rufous; pennis winged < penna feather.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (odica)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris odica
odica / odicus
L. odicus of song, musical < Gr. ωδικος ōdikos musical, musician < ωδη ōdē song.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (cinnamomeiventris)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris cinnamomeiventris
cinnamomeiventris / cinnamomeoventris
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon; L. venter, ventris belly.
Mocking Cliff-Chat (autochthones)
SCI Name: Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris autochthones
autochthones / autocthones
L. autochthones aborigines, indigenes < Gr. αυτοχθων autokhthōn, αυτοχθονος autokhthonos native, indigene.
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)