Camaroptera Brachyura Bird
Camaroptera Brachyura Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Sylvia brachyura Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 2 p.459
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Camaroptera
Taxonomy Code: grbcam1
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1820
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMAROPTERA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Bleating Camaroptera C. brachyura) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch; πτερον pteron wing; "26. Camaroptera olivacea n. gen. et sp. ... Char. generis. Alæ fornicatæ, breves; tantum basim caudæ tegunt, pennis 1—3 gradatis, 4 = 5, 2 < 10. Rostrum elongatum, subcurvatum, compressum, vibrissis nullis. Nares nudæ, majores, lamina majore, fornicata, semitectæ. Cauda brevis, subæqualis. Tarsus longior, scutatus; digiti laterales æquales. Affinis Malurinis. Huc quoque Sylvia brevicaudata Crzm. Rüpp. Atl. (Nominis explicatio: Kαμαρα, fornix; πτερον, ala)." (Sundevall 1850); "Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 103. Type, by original designation, Camaroptera olivacea Sundevall = Sylvia brachyura Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, pp. 185-186).
Var. Comaroptera.
Synon. Syncopta.
brachyura / brachyuros / brachyurum
Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (Camaroptera).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Myrmotherula).
● ex “Pica indica vulgaris” of Ray 1713, “Pica bengalensis” of Albin 1731-1738, “Pica cauda brevi. Short-tail’d Pye” of Edwards 1751, and “Turdus viridis moluccensis” of Brisson 1760 (Pitta).
SUBSPECIES
Green-backed Camaroptera (Gray-backed)
Latin Name: Camaroptera brachyura [brevicaudata Group]
CAMAROPTERA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Bleating Camaroptera C. brachyura) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch; πτερον pteron wing; "26. Camaroptera olivacea n. gen. et sp. ... Char. generis. Alæ fornicatæ, breves; tantum basim caudæ tegunt, pennis 1—3 gradatis, 4 = 5, 2 < 10. Rostrum elongatum, subcurvatum, compressum, vibrissis nullis. Nares nudæ, majores, lamina majore, fornicata, semitectæ. Cauda brevis, subæqualis. Tarsus longior, scutatus; digiti laterales æquales. Affinis Malurinis. Huc quoque Sylvia brevicaudata Crzm. Rüpp. Atl. (Nominis explicatio: Kαμαρα, fornix; πτερον, ala)." (Sundevall 1850); "Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 103. Type, by original designation, Camaroptera olivacea Sundevall = Sylvia brachyura Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, pp. 185-186).
Var. Comaroptera.
Synon. Syncopta.
Green-backed Camaroptera (Green-backed)
Latin Name: Camaroptera brachyura [brachyura Group]
CAMAROPTERA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Bleating Camaroptera C. brachyura) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch; πτερον pteron wing; "26. Camaroptera olivacea n. gen. et sp. ... Char. generis. Alæ fornicatæ, breves; tantum basim caudæ tegunt, pennis 1—3 gradatis, 4 = 5, 2 < 10. Rostrum elongatum, subcurvatum, compressum, vibrissis nullis. Nares nudæ, majores, lamina majore, fornicata, semitectæ. Cauda brevis, subæqualis. Tarsus longior, scutatus; digiti laterales æquales. Affinis Malurinis. Huc quoque Sylvia brevicaudata Crzm. Rüpp. Atl. (Nominis explicatio: Kαμαρα, fornix; πτερον, ala)." (Sundevall 1850); "Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 103. Type, by original designation, Camaroptera olivacea Sundevall = Sylvia brachyura Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, pp. 185-186).
Var. Comaroptera.
Synon. Syncopta.
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)