Phyllastrephus Xavieri Bird
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Phyllastrephus Xavieri Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Xenocichla Xavieri LeNat.(2), 6 p.218
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code: xavgre1
Type Locality: Bangui [on Ubangi River].
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1892
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; στρεφω strephō to toss, to turn; "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. ... Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute. Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.
xavieri
Xavier Louis Dybowski (1852-1919) French engineer, collector in the Congo, brother of explorer Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (Phyllastrephus).
SUBSPECIES
Xavier's Greenbul (serlei)
Latin Name: Phyllastrephus xavieri serlei
serlei
Dr William Serle (1912-1992) Scottish physician, ornithologist in the Cameroons 1937-1957, RAMC 1939-1945, Minister in Church of Scotland 1959-1987 (subsp. Mirafra rufocinnamomea, subsp. Phyllastrephus xavieri) (see eisentrauti).
Xavier's Greenbul (xavieri)
Latin Name: Phyllastrephus xavieri xavieri
xavieri
Xavier Louis Dybowski (1852-1919) French engineer, collector in the Congo, brother of explorer Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (Phyllastrephus).
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)
