Geokichla Camaronensis Bird
Geokichla Camaronensis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Geocichla cameronensis Ibis p.472
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: bkegrt1
Type Locality: Efulen, Cameroon.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1905
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GEOKICHLA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-headed Thrush G. citrina) Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Vogels. ... Geo-Kichla singularis." (Macklot 1830) (nom. nud.); "Myiothera loricata, MULL., pl. V. fig. 5. Behoort tot de afdeeling der grootere soorten van vliegenjagers, bij welke de staart iets meer verlengd is, en die door geheele gedaante reeds sterk tot de lijsters (Turdi) naderen. Tusschen hen en dit laatste geslacht staat het genus: Geokichla BOIE, waarvan de Turdus citrinus LATH. de typus is." (S. Müller 1835); "Geokichla Müller, 1835, Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. Phys., 2, pl. 3, p. 348. Type, by original designation, Turdus citrinus Latham." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 144).
Synon. Cryptocichla, Geocichloides, Pseudoturdus, Turdulus.
geokichla
Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush.
camaronensis / camaroonensis
German Cameroon or Kamerun / Cameroon.
SUBSPECIES
Black-eared Ground-Thrush (Cameroon)
Latin Name: Geokichla camaronensis camaronensis
camaronensis / camaroonensis
German Cameroon or Kamerun / Cameroon.
Black-eared Ground-Thrush (Grauer's)
Latin Name: Geokichla camaronensis graueri
graueri
Rudolf Grauer (1871-1927) Austrian ornithologist, collector in tropical Africa 1904-1911 (subsp. Asio abyssinicus, Bradypterus, Ceblepyris, subsp. Chlorophoneus multicolor, subsp. Cinnyris stuhlmanni, subsp. Crithagra striolata, subsp. Dyaphorophyia ansorgei, syn. Estrilda atricapilla kandti, subsp. Euschistospiza cinereovinacea, subsp. Geokichla camaronensis, syn. Otus senegalensis, subsp. Phyllastrephus flavostriatus, syn. Ploceus cucullatus, syn. Polyboroides typus, subsp. Prinia subflava, Pseudocalyptomena, subsp. Turdus pelios).
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)