Chrysomma Poecilotis Bird
Chrysomma Poecilotis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Alcippe poecilotis Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6 p.35
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Chrysomma
Taxonomy Code: rutbab1
Type Locality: 'les montagnes du Thibet chinois'' ; types from Muping [= Paohing, Hsikang, fide Verreaux, 1871].
Author: Verreaux, J
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHRYSOMMA
(Sylviidae; Ϯ Yellow-eyed Babbler C. sinense hypoleucum) Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; ομμα omma, ομματος ommatos eye; "Timalia Horsfieldi, Jardine and Selby, is identical with T. hypoleuca, Franklin, which latter appellation holds precedence. I understand that both this and T. hyperythra, Franklin, have recently been figured by M. Guérin in his Magasin de Zoologie. The former constitutes Mr. Hodgson's genus Chrysomma." (Blyth 1843); "Chrysomma Blyth, 1843, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 181. Type, by original designation, Timalia hypoleuca Franklin." (Deignan in Peters, 1964, X, p. 327).
Var. Chrysomena.
Syn. Erythrops, Pyctoris.
poecilotis
Gr. ποικιλος poikilos pied, spotted, variegated; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
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)