Telophorus Zeylonus Bird

English Name:  Bokmakierie
Latin Name:  Telophorus zeylonus
Protonym:  Turdus zeylonus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.297
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Telophorus
Taxonomy Code:  bokmak1
Type Locality:  Ceylon and Cape of Good Hope [= Cape of Good Hope].
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TELOPHORUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Bokmakierie T. zeylonus) No etymology given. This name may reflect the colorful plumage of the Bokmakierie (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; -φορος
-phoros  bearing  < φορεω phoreō  to carry). Swainson subsequently used Telophonus (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; φωνη phōnē  voice), given in allusion to the unusual duetting song of this bush-shrike; "Genus, TELOPHORUS.  Rostrum sub-elongatum, sed capite brevius; culmine gradatim arcuato; vibrissæ mastacales paucæ, debiles. Pedes validi; tarsi elevati; digiti laterales æquales; ungues graciles, acutissimi. Alæ rotundatæ. Cauda gradata. Colores vividi.  Type.— Telophorus collaris, SWAINS.  La Backbakiri, LE VAILL. Ois. de l'Afr., ii., pl. 67." (Swainson 1832); "Telophorus Swainson, 1831, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., pt. 2, p. 481. Type, by monotypy, Telophorus collaris Swainson = Turdus zeylonus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 333).
Var. Telephorus, Telephonus, Tlephonus, Telophonus.
Synon. Pelicinius.

zeylanica / zeylanicus / zeylonense / zeylonensis / zeylonica / zeylonicum / zeylonicus / zeylonus
Ceylon / Ceylan / Zeylan / Zeylon / Sri Lanka.
● ex “Ceylon Black-cap” of Brown 1776, and “Ceylon Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aegithina tiphia multicolor).
● ex Perdix bicalcarata Forster, 1781, and “Ceylon Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Galloperdix bicalcarata).
● ex “Great Ceylonese Horned Owl” of Brown 1776, and “Ceylonese Eared Owl” of Latham 1781 (Ketupa).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon (= Salwati I., New Guinea) (syn. Probosciger aterrimus).
● ex "Yellow-cheeked Barbet" of Latham 1782 (Psilopogon).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon (= Java); ex "Ceylonese Stare" of Latham 1783 (Pycnonotus).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon and Cape of Good Hope (= Cape of Good Hope); ex “Green Pye of the isle of Ceylon” of Edwards 1743-1751, and “Merula torquata capitis bonae spei” of Brisson 1760 (Telophorus).

SUBSPECIES

Bokmakierie (Southern)
Latin Name: Telophorus zeylonus [zeylonus Group]
TELOPHORUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Bokmakierie T. zeylonus) No etymology given. This name may reflect the colorful plumage of the Bokmakierie (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; -φορος
-phoros  bearing  < φορεω phoreō  to carry). Swainson subsequently used Telophonus (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; φωνη phōnē  voice), given in allusion to the unusual duetting song of this bush-shrike; "Genus, TELOPHORUS.  Rostrum sub-elongatum, sed capite brevius; culmine gradatim arcuato; vibrissæ mastacales paucæ, debiles. Pedes validi; tarsi elevati; digiti laterales æquales; ungues graciles, acutissimi. Alæ rotundatæ. Cauda gradata. Colores vividi.  Type.— Telophorus collaris, SWAINS.  La Backbakiri, LE VAILL. Ois. de l'Afr., ii., pl. 67." (Swainson 1832); "Telophorus Swainson, 1831, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., pt. 2, p. 481. Type, by monotypy, Telophorus collaris Swainson = Turdus zeylonus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 333).
Var. Telephorus, Telephonus, Tlephonus, Telophonus.
Synon. Pelicinius.

Bokmakierie (Chimanimani)
Latin Name: Telophorus zeylonus restrictus
restricta / restrictus
L. restrictus restricted, confined < restringere to confine.