Geokichla Oberlaenderi Bird
Geokichla Oberlaenderi Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Geocichla gurneyi oberlaenderi Anz.Akad.Wiss.Wien 51 p.310
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: obgthr1
Type Locality: between Beni and Mawambi, northeastern Congo.
Author: Sassi
Publish Year: 1914
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
GEOKICHLA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-headed Thrush G. citrina) Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Vogels. ... Geo-Kichla singularis." (Macklot 1830) (nom. nud.); "Myiothera loricata, MULL., pl. V. fig. 5. Behoort tot de afdeeling der grootere soorten van vliegenjagers, bij welke de staart iets meer verlengd is, en die door geheele gedaante reeds sterk tot de lijsters (Turdi) naderen. Tusschen hen en dit laatste geslacht staat het genus: Geokichla BOIE, waarvan de Turdus citrinus LATH. de typus is." (S. Müller 1835); "Geokichla Müller, 1835, Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. Phys., 2, pl. 3, p. 348. Type, by original designation, Turdus citrinus Latham." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 144).
Synon. Cryptocichla, Geocichloides, Pseudoturdus, Turdulus.
geokichla
Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush.
oberlaenderi
Philipp von Oberländer (1865-1911) Austrian industrialist, big-game hunter in North America, sponsor of the collector Rudolf Grauer in tropical Africa (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (Geokichla).
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)