Elaenia Strepera Bird
Elaenia Strepera Bird
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Protonym: Elainea strepera J.Orn. 31 p.215
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Elaenia
Taxonomy Code: slaela1
Type Locality: foothills of Tucuman, Argentina.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ELAENIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Elaenia E. flavogaster) Gr. ελαινεος elaineos of olive-oil, oleaginous < ελαια elaia olive; "Elænia n. g. 6) Musc. pagana Licht.; brevirostris, — modesta, — aurifrons Pr. Max; — Hylophilus cinerascens ejusd. Numerosæ americanæ, transitum ad Tyrannides præbentes; Fringillis subsimiles. ... 6) Rostrum crassiusculum, breve, basi dilatatum, altitudine latius; carina dorsali subacuta, sutura recta. Membrana narium plumulis tecta. Vibrissæ tenues. Alæ mediocres vel sub-breves, rotundatæ, remigib. 3-5 reliqvis longioribus. Pedes mediocres, digitis brevibus, subliberis. Olivaceæ-cinerascentes; sæpe subtus, interdum vertice flavæ. — Eλαινιος, oleagineus." (Sundevall 1836); "Elaenia Sundevall, 1836, Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 1835, p. 89. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa pagana Lichtenstein = Pipra flavogaster Thunberg." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 26-27).
Var. Elaenea, Elainea, Elainia, Eloenia, Elana, Elania.
STREPERA
(Artamidae; Ϯ Pied Currawong S. graculina) Specific name Coracias strepera Latham 1790; "IV.e Sous-genre. RÉVEILLEUR; Strepera; Coracias, Lath. Bec long, robuste, conique, égal, presque droit, peu convexe, à arête épaisse et renflée; narines en fente longitudinale, ouverte; quelques soies à la commissure; ailes courtes; queue longue, arrondie; tarses assez minces, alongés, scutellés. Observ. Ce sous-genre établit le passage le plus naturel des corbeaux aux cassicans, barita. Une seule espèce appartient à ce sous-genre, c'est le coracias strepera, Lath. ... Habite la Nouvelle-Hollande et l'île Norfolk." (Lesson 1831); "Strepera Lesson, 1830 or 1831, Traité Orn., livr. 5, p. 329. Type, by tautonymy, Coracias strepera Latham = Corvus graculinus J. White." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 170).
Synon. Coronica, Neostrepera.
strepera / streperus
Late L. streperus noisy < L. strepere to make a loud noise.
● "61. ANAS. ... strepera. 18. A. macula alarum rufa nigra alba. Fn. svec. 101. Anas strepera. Gesn. av. 121. Anas platyrhynchos, rostro nigro & plano. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 32. Raj. av. 145. The godwall or gray. Will. orn. 287. t. 72. Habitat in Europæ aquis dulcibus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Mareca).
● "GENUS XIV. CORACIAS. ... 21. strepera. ... HABITAT in insula Norfolk maris pacifici; numerosissima; magnitudine vix C. Corone cedens.—19 pollices longa.—Stolida et incauta avis, noctu pervigilans; quo tempore inquieta et strepera, aliis somnum abrumpit." (Latham 1790); the “Noisy Roller” of Latham 1802 (syn. Strepera graculina).
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)