Rukia Ruki Bird
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Rukia Ruki Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Tephras ruki Bull.Br.Orn.Club 7 p.5
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Rukia
Taxonomy Code: trweye1
Type Locality: Ruk Island.
Author: Hartert, E
Publish Year: 1897
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
RUKIA
(Zosteropidae; Ϯ Teardrop White-eye R. ruki) Ruk I., Caroline Is. "Rukia, gen. nov. (Plate VII. fig. 5.) (Zosteropidæ) Description.— Bill very strong, blackish; tarsus and toes also strong, orange colour not black or brown; silky eye-ring on lower edge of eyelid only. Type.— Tephras ruki Hartert, 1897 = Rikia [sic] ruki from Ruk, Caroline Islands." (Momiyama 1922).
Var. Rikia.
Synon. Cinnyrorhyncha, Rhamphozosterops.
rukensis / ruki
Ruk or Truk I., Caroline Is. / Chuuk, Micronesia.
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)
