African Silverbill

SCI Name:  Euodice cantans
Protonym:  Loxia cantans Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.859
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Euodice
Taxonomy Code:  afrsil1
Type Locality:  Africa; restricted to Dakar, Senegal, by W. L. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 440.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUODICE
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Silverbill E. cantans) Gr. ευ eu  fine, perfection; ωδικος ōdikos  musical, singing  < ωδη ōdē  song; the African Silverbill was formerly known as the Warbling Silverbill for its gentle trilling song; "XXXVI. Euodice (ωδικος, ἡ  singend, Sänger, Sängerin,  ευ, wohl, angenehm) RCHB.  Schnabel so hoch als lang, stumpfwinkelig in die Stirn tretend, Spitzen genau gleichlang.  Schwingen 1—4 längste und gleichlang.  Schwanz am Ende keilförmig, Seitenfedern fast spatelförmig breiter werdend, Mittelfedern fast rhombisch spitzig.  Lauf kurz, nicht ganz um die Hälfte länger als Schnabel.   ...   146—49. E. cantans (Loxia — L. GM. 859. 82.) RCHB.   ...   150. E. malabarica (Fring. — L. GM.  857. 33.) Malabar Grossbeak LATH. syn. II. I. 154.) RCHB.  Erythrura Sheet JARD. SELB. ill. n. ser. pl. XXXIV.  Lonchura cheet SYKES Proceed. 1832. 95.  Loxia bicolor TICKELL.  Spermestes Cheet SYKES Proc. 1854. 160.  Amadina malabarica Gray. gen. n. 42.  ...  Kommt in Indien ziemlich allgemein vor und wird "Sar Munia" genannt, in Bengalen "Piduri", am Himalaia "Chorga"." (Reichenbach 1862); "Euodice Reichenbach, 1862-63, Singvögel, p. 46. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1890, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 13, p. 368), Loxia cantans Gmelin." (Mayr in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 368). 

cantans
L. cantans, cantantis  singing  < cantare  to sing  < canere  to sing.
● ex “Musicien de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 706, fig. 2, “Arada” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Musician Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cyphorhinus arada).
● ex “Warbling Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Euodice).
● ex “Faucon Chanteur” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 27 (syn. Melierax canorus).

SUBSPECIES

African Silverbill (cantans)
SCI Name: Euodice cantans cantans
cantans
L. cantans, cantantis  singing  < cantare  to sing  < canere  to sing.
● ex “Musicien de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 706, fig. 2, “Arada” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Musician Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cyphorhinus arada).
● ex “Warbling Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Euodice).
● ex “Faucon Chanteur” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 27 (syn. Melierax canorus).

African Silverbill (orientalis)
SCI Name: Euodice cantans orientalis
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
● Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
● East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).