Montecincla Meridionalis Bird
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Montecincla Meridionalis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Trochalopterum meridionale J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal Vol. 49, Part 2, N° 3 p. 142-144
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Montecincla
Taxonomy Code: kerlau3
Type Locality: southern Kerala ; type specimen from the Tirunelveli boundary, fide Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, p. 375.
Author: Blanford
Publish Year: 1880
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
Montecincla
(syn. Trochalopteron Ϯ Nilgiri Laughingthrush T. cachinnans) L. mons, montis mountain; Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos small unidentified waterside bird; "Montecincla genus novum. ... Type species: C. [= Crateropus] cachinnaus [sic] Jerdon, 1839 ... We chose this appropriate moniker because the genus is confined to the higher mountains of the Western Ghats" (Robin et al. 2017).
meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis southern < meridies south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).
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)
