Chelidorhynx Hypoxanthus Bird
Chelidorhynx Hypoxanthus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Rhipidura hypoxantha J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 12 p.935
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Stenostiridae / Chelidorhynx
Taxonomy Code: yebfan1
Type Locality: Darjeeling.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHELIDORHYNX
(Stenostiridae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail C. hypoxanthus) Gr. χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos swallow; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; “bill very short and Cryptolopho-hirundine, being as broad as long from the forehead and very slightly armed at the tip; rictal bristles long, as in Rhipidura; nares advanced, lateral, elliptic, and shaded above by a membrane” (Hodgson 1845); "*Rhipidura hypoxantha, Nobis, n.s. Described in the Sequel (Genus Chelidorhynx, Hodgson.) ... 6. Rh. hypoxantha, Nobis, ante. Darjeeling.† ... † Mr. Hodgson has lately sent a specimen also of this bird, which he separates from Rhipidura by the name Chelidorynx, an arrangement which I shall now adopt." (Blyth 1843); "The genus Chelidorhynx contains only one species of Flycatcher remarkable for the shape of its bill, which is short and pointed, and when viewed from above forms a perfect equilateral triangle." (Oates 1890); "Chelidorhynx Blyth, 1843 (ex Hodgson MS), Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, pp. 930, 936 (where spelled Chelidorynx). Type, by monotypy, Rhipidura hypoxantha Blyth." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 530).
Var. Chelydorynx, Chelidorynx.
hypoxanthus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos yellowish, lightish-brown).
Hypoxanthus
(syn. Piculus Ϯ Crimson-mantled Woodpecker P. rivolii) Specific name Colaptes hypoxanthus Blyth, 1845 (= syn. Piculus rivolii) (cf. Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow); "g. Colapteæ ... 40. HYPOXANTHUS, Bp. — 228. rivolii, Boissonn. (elegans, Fraser.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Hypoxanthus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, 1854, p. 126. (Consp. Vol. Zygodact., p. 11.). Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Picus rivolii Boissonneau = Colaptes hypoxanthus Blyth, 1845." (Peters 1948, VI, 109).
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)