Xanthomixis Cinereiceps Bird
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Xanthomixis Cinereiceps Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Oxylabes cinereiceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.197
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Bernieridae / Xanthomixis
Taxonomy Code: gyctet1
Type Locality: ? Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1881
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
XANTHOMIXIS
(Bernieridae; Ϯ Spectacled Tetraka X. zosterops) Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; ομμα omma, ομματος ommatos eye; genus Neomixis Sharpe, 1881, jery (cf. genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul); "A better arrangement of the genus Bernieria and its allies appears to me to be somewhat as follows ... b. Tarso quam culmen longiore. ... d'. Vibrissis maximis, usque ad apicem rostri productis; tarsis integris. . . . . Xanthomixis. ... 4. Xanthomixis zosterops (Sharpe)" (Sharpe 1881) (see Neomixis).
Var. Xanthomixus, Xanthomiscus.
cinereiceps
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)
