White-faced Nunbird
White-faced Nunbird
Here the details of the White-faced Nunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Malacoptila castanea Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 18 p.355 pl.19
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Hapaloptila
Taxonomy Code: whfnun2
Type Locality: Bogota; region of Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia, substituted by Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Sen, 13, pt. 2, no. 2, 1919, p. 405, note b.
Author: Verreaux, J
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HAPALOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-faced Nunbird H. castanea) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos delicate; πτιλον ptilon feather; "HAPALOPTILA 2, gen. nov. Genus generi Monachæ affine, sed rostro latiore, fortiter uncinato, setis omnino obsito, necnon cauda breviore distinguendum. Sp. typ. H. castanea (Malacoptila castanea, Verreaux). ... 2 ἁπαλος, tener, et πτιλον, penna." (P. Sclater 1881); "Hapaloptila P. Sclater, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 777. Type, by original designation, Malacoptila castanea J. Verreaux, 1866." (JAJ 2020).
castanea
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured, chestnut-brown < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut.
● ex Ardea ralloides Scopoli, 1769, and “Castaneous Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ardeola ralloides).
● ex “Merle doré de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 539, fig. 2 (Philepitta).
● (Kuhl 1820) ex “Gobe-mouche huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 234, fig. 1 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● (Temminck 1835) ex “Tchitrec bé varié” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 146 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● ex “Pigeon de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Zenaida aurita).
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)