Bismarck Woodswallow / Artamus insignis
WBN 
Bismarck Woodswallow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Artamus insignis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.101 pl.15
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Artamidae / Artamus
Taxonomy Code: biswoo1
Type Locality: New Ireland.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1877
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ARTAMUS
(Artamidae; Ϯ White-breasted Woodswallow A. leucoryn) Gr. αρταμος artamos butcher, murderer; the woodswallows were formerly known as swallow-shrikes, combining the characters of swallows and shrikes or butcherbirds (see Enneoctonus and Lanius); "129. LANGRAIEN, Artamus. Lanius, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec glabre à la base, très-lisse, longicône, un peu robuste, convexe en dessus, un peu comprimé latéralement vers la pointe; mandibule supérieure un peu fléchie en arc, échancrée vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à l'extrémité. — Bouche ciliée. — Ailes sans penne bâtarde, alongées; la première remige la plus longue. Esp. Langraien, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Artamus Vieillot, 1816 (April), Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, Langraien (Buffon) = Lanius leucorhynchus Linnaeus." (Mayr in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 161).
Var. Artamusete.
Synon. Angroyan, Austrartamus, Campbellornis, Cataphania, Langrayen, Leptopteryx, Micrartamus, Ocypterus, Pseudartamus.
insignis
L. insignis extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large) < in towards; signum mark.
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)
