Camaroptera Superciliaris Bird
Camaroptera Superciliaris Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Sylvicola superciliaris Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1), 12 p.440
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Camaroptera
Taxonomy Code: yebcam1
Type Locality: Clarence (= Malabo), Fernando Po.
Author: Fraser
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMAROPTERA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Bleating Camaroptera C. brachyura) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch; πτερον pteron wing; "26. Camaroptera olivacea n. gen. et sp. ... Char. generis. Alæ fornicatæ, breves; tantum basim caudæ tegunt, pennis 1—3 gradatis, 4 = 5, 2 < 10. Rostrum elongatum, subcurvatum, compressum, vibrissis nullis. Nares nudæ, majores, lamina majore, fornicata, semitectæ. Cauda brevis, subæqualis. Tarsus longior, scutatus; digiti laterales æquales. Affinis Malurinis. Huc quoque Sylvia brevicaudata Crzm. Rüpp. Atl. (Nominis explicatio: Kαμαρα, fornix; πτερον, ala)." (Sundevall 1850); "Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 103. Type, by original designation, Camaroptera olivacea Sundevall = Sylvia brachyura Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, pp. 185-186).
Var. Comaroptera.
Synon. Syncopta.
superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris eye-browed < L. supercilium eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).
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)