Baya Weaver / Ploceus philippinus
Baya Weaver
SCI Name:
Protonym: Loxia philippina Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.305
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus
Taxonomy Code: baywea1
Type Locality: Philippines. Error for Ceylon (Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 577).
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PLOCEUS
(Ploceidae; Ϯ Baya Weaver P. philippinus) Gr. πλοκευς plokeus weaver < πλεκω plekō to plait, to entwine; "LES TISSERINS. (PLOCEUS. Cuv.) (2). A bec assez grand pour les avoir fait en partie classer parmi les cassiques; mais sa commissure droite les en distingue. Ils ont de plus la mandibule supérieure légèrement bombée. On en trouve dans les deux continens. La plupart de ceux de l'ancien font leur nid avec beaucoup d'art, en entrelaçant des brins d'herbes, ce qui les a fait nommer TISSERINS. Tel est le Toucnam-Courvi des Philippines. (Loxia Philippina. Lin.) Enl. 135. Jaune tacheté de brun, à gorge noire. Son nid, suspendu, est en forme de boule, avec un canal vertical, et ouvert en dessous, qui communique par le côté dans la cavité où sont les petits (1). Quelques-uns rapprochent leurs nids en grande quantité, pour en former un seule masse à plusieurs compartimens. Tel est le Républicain. (Loxia socia. Lath.) Paterson. Voy. pl. 19. ... (2) Πλοκευς, tisserand. ... (1) Ajoutez le capmore, Buff. (Oriolus textor, Gm.), enl. 375 et 376. — Fringilla erythrocephala, enl. 665. — Le prétendu tangara de malimbe, Daud. An. Mus. I, p. 148, pl. x. — Le baglafecht. (Lox. Abyssinica.) — Le nélicourvi (lox. pensilis), Sonn., 2e Voy. pl. 109." (Cuvier 1817); "Ploceus Cuvier, 1817, Règne Anim., 1, p. 383. Type, by subsequent designation, Loxia philippina Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 42)." (Moreau in Peters 1962, XV, 32). Recent work indicates that the African and Malagasy members of this genus should be included in Malimbus.
Var. Ploceys.
Synon. Bensonhyphantes, Cinnamopteryx, Deignaniplectes, Deleplectes, Dendrhyphantes, Eremiphantes, Eremiplectes, Euploceus, Eupodes, Heterhyphantes, Hypermegethes, Hyphantornis, Hyphanturgus, Hypositagra, Icteropsis, Melanhyphantes, Melanoploceus, Melanopteryx, Microplectes, Microploceus, Nelicurvius, Notiospiza, Oriolinops, Oriolinus, Othyphantes, Pachyphantes, Phormoplectes, Plesiositagra, Ploceella, Ploceolus, Rhinoploceus, Saka, Sharpia, Sitagra, Sitagroides, Sycobrotus, Symplectes, Textor, Thomasophantes, Xanthophilus, Xanthoplectes, Xanthoploceus.
philippinus
Philippine Is.
● ex “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Ixos).
● ex “Grand Guespier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● Erroneous TL. Philippines (= Ceylon); ex “Gros-bec des Philippines” of Brisson 1760: "On l'appelle aux Isles Philippines TOUCNAM COURVI"; "'Toucnam-courvi,' the supposed native name in the Philippines, according to Brisson ...does not sound Tagalish ...while, on the other hand, it closely resembles the Malay [i.e. Tamil] name for the common Weaverbird, P. baya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr Layard ...renders Tokanam cooroovi, i.e. Basket-maker bird" (Walden 1875) (Ploceus).
SUBSPECIES
Baya Weaver (philippinus)
SCI Name: Ploceus philippinus philippinus
philippinus
Philippine Is.
● ex “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Ixos).
● ex “Grand Guespier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● Erroneous TL. Philippines (= Ceylon); ex “Gros-bec des Philippines” of Brisson 1760: "On l'appelle aux Isles Philippines TOUCNAM COURVI"; "'Toucnam-courvi,' the supposed native name in the Philippines, according to Brisson ...does not sound Tagalish ...while, on the other hand, it closely resembles the Malay [i.e. Tamil] name for the common Weaverbird, P. baya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr Layard ...renders Tokanam cooroovi, i.e. Basket-maker bird" (Walden 1875) (Ploceus).
Baya Weaver (travancoreensis)
SCI Name: Ploceus philippinus travancoreensis
travancoreensis / travancoriensis / travencoreensis
Travancore, a former kingdom and state (now in Kerala) of southern India.
Baya Weaver (burmanicus)
SCI Name: Ploceus philippinus burmanicus
burmae / burmana / burmanica / burmanicus / burmannica / burmannicus
Burma, named after the indigenous B’mar peoples (= Myanmar, a recently readopted older name for the country).
Baya Weaver (infortunatus)
SCI Name: Ploceus philippinus infortunatus
infortunatus
L. infortunatus unfortunate, miserable < in- not; fortunatus lucky, fortunate < fortunare to make happy < fortuna chance, luck < fors, forte chance, luck.
Baya Weaver (angelorum)
SCI Name: Ploceus philippinus angelorum
angelorum
Mod. L. angelorum of the angels < Late L. angelus angel < Gr. αγγελος angelos messenger; Thai name Krung Thep Maha Nakhon City of Angels, for the city of Bangkok (subsp. Ploceus philippinus).
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)