Rufous-sided Gerygone
Rufous-sided Gerygone
Here the details of the Rufous-sided Gerygone named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gerygone dorsalis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.199
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Gerygone
Taxonomy Code: rusger1
Type Locality: Larat Island.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1883
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.
dorsale / dorsalis
L. dorsalis (properly dorsualis) dorsal, of the back < dorsum back.
● ex “Chorlito à dos noir” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Calidris melanotos).
SUBSPECIES
Rufous-sided Gerygone (senex)
SCI Name: Gerygone dorsalis senex
senex
L. senex, senis old person (i.e. grey-haired, white-haired, querulous).
Rufous-sided Gerygone (keyensis)
SCI Name: Gerygone dorsalis keyensis
keyensis
Key Is., Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Kai or Kei Is., Indonesia.
Rufous-sided Gerygone (fulvescens)
SCI Name: Gerygone dorsalis fulvescens
fulvescens
Med. L. fulvescens, fulvescentis glowing yellow < fulvescere to glow yellow < L. fulvus tawny.
● See: furvescens
Rufous-sided Gerygone (kuehni)
SCI Name: Gerygone dorsalis kuehni
kuehni
Heinrich Kühn (1860-1906) German explorer, collector in the East Indies (syn. Aplonis minor, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii, syn. Coracina novaehollandiae melanops, subsp. Cyornis hyacinthinus, subsp. Dicaeum celebicum, subsp. Dicrurus densus, syn. Eos rubra, subsp. Erythropitta macklotii, subsp. Gerygone dorsalis, subsp. Hypotaenidia torquata, Myzomela, subsp. Pachycephala griseonota, syn. Tyto alba delicatula, subsp. Xanthotis polygrammus, Zosterops) (see audacis).
Rufous-sided Gerygone (dorsalis)
SCI Name: Gerygone dorsalis dorsalis
dorsale / dorsalis
L. dorsalis (properly dorsualis) dorsal, of the back < dorsum back.
● ex “Chorlito à dos noir” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Calidris melanotos).
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)