Yellow-throated Longclaw

Here the details of the Yellow-throated Longclaw named bird below:

SCI Name:  Macronyx croceus
Protonym:  Alauda crocea Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 1 p.365
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Motacillidae / Macronyx
Taxonomy Code:  yetlon1
Type Locality:  Java (error) = Senegal (apud Swainson).
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1816
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MACRONYX
(Motacillidae; Ϯ Orange-throated Longclaw M. capensis) Gr. μακρος makros  long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; "MACRONYX.   ...   Bill moderate, straight, the culmen slightly arched.  Nostrils naked, large, the aperture oblong.  Wings rather short, the four first quills equal and longest.  Tail slightly rounded.  Feet long; the lateral scales of the tarsi entire; the nail of the hind toe very long and curved.   Type. L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." (Swainson 1827); "Macronyx Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, "L'Alouette sentinelle" of Levaillant = Alauda capensis Linnaeus" (White in Peters 1960, IX, 142).

macronyx
Gr. μακρος makros  long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw, nail.

croceus
L. croceus  saffron-coloured, yellow, golden  < crocus  crocus, saffron  < Gr. κροκος krokos  crocus, saffron.
● ex “Coq de Roche” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Felsenhahn” of Walch 1777 (syn. Rupicola rupicola).