Pinarocorys Erythropygia Bird
Pinarocorys Erythropygia Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Alauda erythropygia Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1850) (1850), Pt18 no.218 p.219 pl.24
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Pinarocorys
Taxonomy Code: rurlar1
Type Locality: Kordofan.
Author: Strickland
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PINAROCORYS
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Dusky Lark P. nigricans) Gr. πιναρος pinaros dirty, shabby; Mod. L. corys lark < Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet; "I have restricted the genus Mirafra to birds in which the sexes are similar in plumage and the upper parts always mottled. I therefore propose the new generic name Pinarocorys for the reception of Alauda nigricans, Sundev., and Alauda erythropygia, Strickl., in which the coloured pattern of the wings is very dissimilar in the males and females, and the crown and back uniform [brown] in old birds" (Shelley 1902); "Pinarocorys Shelley, 1902, Birds Africa, 3, p. 15 (in text), p. 71. Type, by subsequent designation, Alauda nigricans Sundevall (Bianchi, 1907 (1906)), Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg (5), 25, p. 12)." (Peters 1960, IX, 3).
erythropygia / erythropygium / erythropygius
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
● ex “Red-rumped Creeper” of Latham 1801 (syn. Myzomela sanguinolenta).
Erythropygia
(Muscicapidae; syn. Cercotrichas † White-browed Scrub Robin C. leucophrys) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump; "Genus ERYTHROPYGIA. Bill moderate, slender, curved, and compressed towards the point, upper mandible slightly notched; nostrils basal, above membranaceous; rictus slightly bristled; wings short, round, fourth and fifth quills longest; tail rounded; tarsi moderate, acrotarsia divided; claws moderately curved. Erythropygia pectoralis. Top of head grey-brown; back dull brown; rump and tail coverts rufous ... Inhabits the country between the Orange River and Kurrichaine. Erythropygia Paena. Top of head grey-brown; back pale rufous brown; rump and tail coverts bright rufous ... Inhabits the country between Latakoo and the Tropic." (A. Smith 1836); "Erythropygia A. Smith, 1836, Rep. Exped. Centr. Africa, p. 46. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, p. 72), Erythropygia pectoralis Smith = Sylvia leucophrys Vieillot." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 18).
Var. Crythropygia.
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)