Actinodura Souliei Bird
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Actinodura Souliei Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Actinodura Souliei Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris 3 p.164
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Actinodura
Taxonomy Code: strbar1
Type Locality: Tzeku, northwestern Yunnan.
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1897
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ACTINODURA
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ Rusty-fronted Barwing A. egertoni) Gr. ακτινωδης aktinōdēs like rays < ακτις aktis, ακτινος aktinos ray, beam; ουρα oura tail (cf. "However, an alternative proposition is provided by Jobling (1991) who claims that Actinodura is derived from the Greek nouns aktis (feminine) or aktinos (masculine) meaning brightness or splendour and odouros (masculine) meaning a watcher or guardian" (Eames et al. 1999)); "ACTINODURA. Rostrum subcompressum, subarcuatum, ad apicem subemarginatum. Nares basales, lineares, operculo magno tectæ. Alæ molles, breviusculæ, concavæ: remige 1ma brevissima 4ta 5taque longioribus. Cauda mollis, elongata, gradata. Tarsi elongati. Pedes majusculi: halluce ungueque postico longiusculis. Ptilosis mollis, laxa. The wings and tail in the birds of this group are transversely barred. The typical species are crested. ACTINODURA EGERTONI. ... Hab. In Nepalia. The specimen described was presented to the Society by Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P." (Gould 1836); "Actinodura Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17. Type, by original designation, Actinodura Egertoni Gould." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 402).
Var. Actinura.
Synon. Alcopus, Hemipteron, Ixops, Leiocincla.
souliei
Père Jean-André Soulié (1858-1905) French missionary to China, murdered during the Tibetan uprising (syn. Cinclus pallasii, Sibia, subsp. Spelaeornis troglodytoides).
SUBSPECIES
Streaked Barwing (souliei)
Latin Name: Actinodura souliei souliei
souliei
Père Jean-André Soulié (1858-1905) French missionary to China, murdered during the Tibetan uprising (syn. Cinclus pallasii, Sibia, subsp. Spelaeornis troglodytoides).
Streaked Barwing (griseinucha)
Latin Name: Actinodura souliei griseinucha
griseinucha
Med. L. griseum grey; nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
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)
