Prunella Fagani Bird
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Prunella Fagani Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Accentor fagani Bull.Br.Orn.Club 31 p.88
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Prunellidae / Prunella
Taxonomy Code: yemacc1
Type Locality: Yemen.
Author: Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year: 1913
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PRUNELLA
(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle Dunnock < dim. braun brown (cf. Med. L. burneta hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle. ... Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner. Motacilla, Linn. Gm. Sylvia, Lath. Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue. Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.
fagani
Charles Edward Fagan (1855-1921) British zoologist at the British Museum 1873-1921, collector in tropical Africa 1905-1906 and New Guinea 1910-1912 (subsp. Chamaepetes goudotii, syn. Crithagra reichenowi, syn. Malimbus erythrogaster, subsp. Prunella ocularis, subsp. Terpsiphone rufiventer).
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)
