Phyllastrephus Poensis Bird

Phyllastrephus Poensis Bird

Phyllastrephus Poensis Bird

English Name:  Cameroon Olive-Greenbul
Latin Name:  Phyllastrephus poensis
Protonym:  Phyllostrophus poensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 13 p.35
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code:  caogre1
Type Locality:  Bakaki, Fernando Po.
Author:  Alexander
Publish Year:  1903
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.

poense / poensis
Fernando Póo or Fernando Pó, Gulf of Guinea / Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (island sighted by Portuguese navigator Fernaõ do Póo in 1470).