Leptopterus Chabert Bird
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Leptopterus Chabert Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Lanius cha-bert Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.72
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vangidae / Leptopterus
Taxonomy Code: chavan2
Type Locality: from Madagascar. Type locality restricted to Fort Dauphin, by Stresemann, 1952, Ibis, p. 505.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LEPTOPTERUS
(Vangidae; Ϯ Chabert Vanga L. chabert) Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, slender; -πτερος -pteros -feathered < πτερον pteron feather, wing; "Subf. 104. ARTAMINÆ. ... 48. Leptopterus, Bp. ... L'espèce nommée viridis par Gmelin (Analcipus hirundinaceus, Sw.), me donne le genre Leptopterus qui n'est autre que le Leptopteryx, Wagl., auquel, pour pouvoir l'adopter dans le sens restreint, je fais subir cette légère modification." (Bonaparte 1854); "Leptopterus Bonaparte, 1854, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 38, p. 387, 538. Type, by monotypy, [Lanius] viridis Gmelin [= Lanius chabert]." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 367).
Var. Leucopterus.
Synon. Abbottornis.
chabert
Statius Müller’s 1776, attempt at latinizing the French name “Tcha-chert” given to the Chabert Vanga by de Buffon 1770-1783 (probably based on a Malagasy native name (e.g. Langrand 1990, records the name Tsa-tsak for this vanga) (“schet-bé ... tcha chert bé ... noms qu’ils portent dans leur pays natal et qu’il est bon de leur conserver” (Levaillant 1799))). Name frequently erroneously treated as an eponym (i.e. Chabert’s Vanga) (Leptopterus).
SUBSPECIES
Chabert Vanga (Chabert)
Latin Name: Leptopterus chabert chabert
chabert
Statius Müller’s 1776, attempt at latinizing the French name “Tcha-chert” given to the Chabert Vanga by de Buffon 1770-1783 (probably based on a Malagasy native name (e.g. Langrand 1990, records the name Tsa-tsak for this vanga) (“schet-bé ... tcha chert bé ... noms qu’ils portent dans leur pays natal et qu’il est bon de leur conserver” (Levaillant 1799))). Name frequently erroneously treated as an eponym (i.e. Chabert’s Vanga) (Leptopterus).
Chabert Vanga (White-tailed)
Latin Name: Leptopterus chabert schistocercus
schistocerca / schistocercus
Late L. schistus slate < L. lapis schistos fissile stone < Gr. σχιστος skhistos cloven < σχιζω skhizō to split; Gr. κερκος kerkos tail.
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)
