Vireolanius Eximius Bird
Vireolanius Eximius Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Vireolanius eximius Rev.Am.Birds 1 p.398
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Vireolanius
Taxonomy Code: ybsvir1
Type Locality: 'Bogota,'' Colombia.
Author: Baird, SF
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
VIREOLANIUS
(Vireonidae; Ϯ Chestnut-sided Shrike-vireo V. melitophrys) Compound of genera Vireo Vieillot, 1808, vireo, and Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "Plumage loose-webbed, silky ... Bill rather stout, hooked" (Van Tyne & Berger 1965); "*710. Vireolanius, Dubus. (Cycloris, p. Caban.) Mexico. 1. *V. melitophrys, Dubus. (Lanius chrysophrys, Licht.) Esq. Orn. 1850. t. 26. Mus. Brux. ex Berol. ex Mexic." (Bonaparte 1850); "Vireolanius Bonaparte (ex Du Bus MS), 1851?, Consp. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 330. Type, by monotypy, Vireolanius melitophrys Bonaparte." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 108).
Synon. Smaragdolanius.
eximium / eximius
L. eximius select, distinguished < eximere to take away < emere to purchase.
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo (mutabilis)
Latin Name: Vireolanius eximius mutabilis
mutabilis
L. mutabilis changeable, mutable < mutare to change.
Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo (eximius)
Latin Name: Vireolanius eximius eximius
eximium / eximius
L. eximius select, distinguished < eximere to take away < emere to purchase.
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)