Chlorocichla Simplex Bird
Chlorocichla Simplex Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Trichophorus simplex J.Orn. 3 p.356
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Chlorocichla
Taxonomy Code: simgre1
Type Locality: Rio Boutry, Gold Coast.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHLOROCICHLA
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Greenbul C. flaviventris) Gr. χλωρος khlōros yellow; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "a9. Bill rather stout and conical, measuring at gape more than the hind toe itself without claw; bill shorter than head. . . . .18. CHLOROCICHLA ... 18. CHLOROCICHLA. ... 1. Chlorocichla flaviventris. ... General colour above olive-brown ... cheeks and under surface of body sulphur-yellow ... under tail-coverts yellow like the abdomen ... 2. Chlorocichla occidentalis. ... 3. Chlorocichla gracilirostris. ... 4. Chlorocichla gracilis." (Sharpe 1882); "Chlorocichla Sharpe, 1881, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 6, p. 3, 112. Type, by subsequent designation, Reichenow, Vög. Afr., 3, p. 388, Trichophorus flaviventris Smith." (Rand in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 260).
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
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)