Phyllastrephus Lorenzi Bird

Sassi\'s Greenbul / Phyllastrephus lorenzi

Phyllastrephus Lorenzi Bird

English Name:  Sassi's Greenbul
Latin Name:  Phyllastrephus lorenzi
Protonym:  Phyllastrephus lorenzi Anz.Akad.Wiss.Wien 51 p.309
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code:  sasgre1
Type Locality:  'Moera,'' near Beni, eastern Congo.
Author:  Sassi
Publish Year:  1914
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; στρεφω strephō  to toss, to turn;  "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS.  ...  Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute.  Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō  to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.

lorenzi / lorenzii
● Theodor Karlovic Lorenz (1842-1909) German zoologist, collector in Russia (syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, syn. Phasianus colchicus, subsp. Phylloscopus sindianus).
● Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (1903-1989) Austrian zoologist, ethologist, ornithologist (syn. Hypochera wilsoni).
● Ludwig Lorenz Ritter von Liburnau (1856-1943) Austrian zoologist (PhyllastrephusSporophila artefact).