Nesillas Aldabrana Bird
Nesillas Aldabrana Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Nesillas aldabranus Bull.Br.Orn.Club 88 p.102
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acrocephalidae / Nesillas
Taxonomy Code: albwar1
Type Locality: 400 meters from western extremity of Middle Island, north coast of Aldabra Atoll.
Author: Benson & Penny
Publish Year: 1968
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
NESILLAS
(Acrocephalidae; Ϯ Madagascar Brush-warbler N. typica) Gr. νησος nēsos island (= Madagascar); ιλλας illas, ιλλαδος illados thrush; "ELLISIA Hartlaub. The genus Ellisia Hartlaub [1860] must give way to Ellisia Forbes and Goodsir [1840], for a group of Polypi. As Thamnornis Milne-Edwards, type chloropetoides, appears to be sufficiently distinct for generic separation, a new name is necessary for the species of Ellisia proper; and Nesillas, from νησος, insula, and ιλλας, turdus, is proposed, the type being Ellisia typica Hartlaub." (Oberholser 1899).
Synon. Ellisia.
aldabrana
Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean < Arabic name al-Hadra for the islands.
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)