Clytorhynchus Sanctaecrucis Bird
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Clytorhynchus Sanctaecrucis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Clytorhynchus nigrogularis sanctaecrucis Am.Mus.Novit. no.628 p. 20-21
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Clytorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: bktshr2
Type Locality: Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Islands.
Author: Mayr
Publish Year: 1933
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CLYTORHYNCHUS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Southern Shrikebill C. pachycephaloides) Gr. κλυτος klutos splendid < κλεω kleō to celebrate; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "CLYTORHYNCHUS PACHYCEPHALOÏDES, sp. et gen. nov. (Plate XIX.) Clytorhynchus genus novum Pachycephalinarum; rostrum compressum, subdescendens, ad apicem incurvum; gonys recurvus, fortiter ascendens; remiges secundus, tertius et quartus fere æquales et longissimi. ... This curious species, which represents an entirely new genus of the family Pachycephalidæ, holds the same relative position to this family as the Vanga xenopirostris of La Fresnaye (Xenopirostris la fresnayus, Bon.) does to that of the Laniidæ. It is a native of New Caledonia" (Elliot 1870); "Clytorhynchus Elliot, 1870, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 242. Type, by monotypy, Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides Elliot." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 496).
Var. Clytorrhynchus.
Synon. Pinarolestes.
sanctaecrucis
Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is. < L. sanctus holy < sancire to consecrate; crux, crucis cross.
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)
