Pericrocotus Erythropygius Bird

Pericrocotus Erythropygius Bird

Pericrocotus Erythropygius Bird

English Name:  White-bellied Minivet
Latin Name:  Pericrocotus erythropygius
Protonym:  M[uscicapa] erythropygia MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 11 p.17
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code:  whbmin3
Type Locality:  Ajanta Hills, Aurangabad District, Hyderabad, India.
Author:  Jerdon
Publish Year:  1840
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri  very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos  golden-yellow  < κροκος krokos  saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors.   ...   Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156  u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.

erythropygia / erythropygium / erythropygius
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; -πυγιος -pugios  -rumped  < πυγη pugē   rump.
● ex “Red-rumped Creeper” of Latham 1801 (syn. Myzomela sanguinolenta).