Melanochlora Sultanea Bird
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Melanochlora Sultanea Bird
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Protonym: Parus sultaneus Ind.Rev. 2 p.31
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Melanochlora
Taxonomy Code: sultit1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Hodgson
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELANOCHLORA
(Paridae; Ϯ Sultan Tit M. sultanea) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; χλωρος khlōros yellow; "Melanochlora Sumatrana, Less. —M. corpore atro æneo splendente; crista et abdomine luteis, alis et cauda concoloribus. —Hab. Sumatra. L'autre espèce de ce genre, de la famille des Mésanges, ressemble beaucoup à celle décrite, et M. La Fresnaye l'a figurée sous le nom de Parus flavocristatus, Mag. de Zool, pl. 80 (1838)." (Lesson 1839); "Melanochlora Lesson, 1839, Rev. Zool. [Paris], 2, p. 42. Type, by monotypy, Melanochlora sumatrana Lesson = M. sultanea (Hodgson)." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 122).
Var. Melanichlora.
Synon. Crataionyx, Ptilobaphus.
sultanea / sultaneus / sultanus
Med. L. sultanus sultan < Arabic as-sultān the power, sultan, sovereign.
SUBSPECIES
Sultan Tit (Yellow-crested)
Latin Name: Melanochlora sultanea [sultanea Group]
MELANOCHLORA
(Paridae; Ϯ Sultan Tit M. sultanea) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; χλωρος khlōros yellow; "Melanochlora Sumatrana, Less. —M. corpore atro æneo splendente; crista et abdomine luteis, alis et cauda concoloribus. —Hab. Sumatra. L'autre espèce de ce genre, de la famille des Mésanges, ressemble beaucoup à celle décrite, et M. La Fresnaye l'a figurée sous le nom de Parus flavocristatus, Mag. de Zool, pl. 80 (1838)." (Lesson 1839); "Melanochlora Lesson, 1839, Rev. Zool. [Paris], 2, p. 42. Type, by monotypy, Melanochlora sumatrana Lesson = M. sultanea (Hodgson)." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 122).
Var. Melanichlora.
Synon. Crataionyx, Ptilobaphus.
Sultan Tit (Black-crested)
Latin Name: Melanochlora sultanea gayeti
gayeti
Victor Gayet-Laroche (fl. 1924) French Director of Railways, Tonkin, French Indochina, collector (subsp. Melanochlora sultanea).
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)
