Pseudopodoces Humilis Bird
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Pseudopodoces Humilis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Podoces humilis Ibis p.408
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Pseudopodoces
Taxonomy Code: grotit1
Type Locality: no locality [= ''only seen above Kitchik-Yilak'' (= Sinkiang near the Sanju Pass); see Henderson and Hume, 1873, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 247].
Author: Hume
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PSEUDOPODOCES
(Paridae; Ϯ Ground Tit P. humilis) Gr. ψευδος pseudos false; genus Podoces Fischer, 1821, ground jay; "Die Untersuchung der Repräsentanten der Familie Podoces überzeugte uns, dass dieselben naturgemäss in drei Gruppe, welche die Bedeutung von subgenera haben, eingeteilt werden müssen. ... [Key] 2. In der Befiederung kommt keine schwarze Farbe vor. Die Flügel ohne weisse Querbinden. Pseudopodoces [subgen. nov.] { P. humilis. Hume" (Zarudny & von Loudon 1902); "Pseudopodoces Zarudny and Loudon, 1902, Orn. Monatsb., 10 p. 185. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Podoces humilis Hume." (Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 255) (see Eopodoces). The Ground Tit, under the name Hume’s Ground Jay, was originally considered the smallest corvid in the world.
humilis
L. humilis lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain < humus, humi ground.
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)
