Black-headed Penduline-Tit

SCI Name:  Remiz macronyx
Protonym:  Aegithalus macronyx Vertik.Turk.Zhiv. 66 p.135 pl.9 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Remizidae / Remiz
Taxonomy Code:  bhptit1
Type Locality:  Tschimkent, Syr-Darya, Turkestan.
Author:  Severtsov
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

REMIZ
(Remizidae; Ϯ Eurasian Penduline Tit R. pendulinus) Polish name Remiz for the Eurasian Penduline Tit; the penduline tits are renowned for the construction of their pendulous bottle-shaped nests; "Rodzáy XXXII.  REMIZ.  REMIZ. (*).  Dziób krótki, szczupły, stožkowaty, ostro-kończysty.  Brzegi gładkie.    153. R. pendulinus. CUV. (Parus pend. GL.) R. rdzawy.. Polska.   ...   (*) Pán Cuvier utworzył ten rodzáy na słusznych zasadach; a Polskie gatunkowe nazwisko tak w łacińskiéy jak francuzkiéy terminologii zrobił nazwiskiem rodzaiowéin.  Do tego rodzaiu náležy kilka gatunków z jnnych części świata; lecz tych nié má w tuteyszym zbiorze." (Jarocki 1819); "Remiz Jarocki, 1819, Ptaków w Gab. Zool. Król. Warszawa Univ., p. 21. Type, by monotypy, Remiz pendulinus Cuvier = Motacilla pendulinus Linnaeus." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 62). 
Var. Remiza, Remizus.
Synon. Aegithalus, Parcoraeus, Paroides, Pendulinus, Struthus.

MACRONYX
(Motacillidae; Ϯ Orange-throated Longclaw M. capensis) Gr. μακρος makros  long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; "MACRONYX.   ...   Bill moderate, straight, the culmen slightly arched.  Nostrils naked, large, the aperture oblong.  Wings rather short, the four first quills equal and longest.  Tail slightly rounded.  Feet long; the lateral scales of the tarsi entire; the nail of the hind toe very long and curved.   Type. L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." (Swainson 1827); "Macronyx Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, "L'Alouette sentinelle" of Levaillant = Alauda capensis Linnaeus" (White in Peters 1960, IX, 142).

macronyx
Gr. μακρος makros  long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw, nail.

SUBSPECIES

Black-headed Penduline-Tit (macronyx)
SCI Name: Remiz macronyx macronyx
MACRONYX
(Motacillidae; Ϯ Orange-throated Longclaw M. capensis) Gr. μακρος makros  long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; "MACRONYX.   ...   Bill moderate, straight, the culmen slightly arched.  Nostrils naked, large, the aperture oblong.  Wings rather short, the four first quills equal and longest.  Tail slightly rounded.  Feet long; the lateral scales of the tarsi entire; the nail of the hind toe very long and curved.   Type. L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." (Swainson 1827); "Macronyx Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, "L'Alouette sentinelle" of Levaillant = Alauda capensis Linnaeus" (White in Peters 1960, IX, 142).

Black-headed Penduline-Tit (neglectus)
SCI Name: Remiz macronyx neglectus
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus  ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded  < neglegere  to neglect.

Black-headed Penduline-Tit (nigricans)
SCI Name: Remiz macronyx nigricans
nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis  blackish, swarthy  < nigrare  to be black  < niger  black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).

Black-headed Penduline-Tit (ssaposhnikowi)
SCI Name: Remiz macronyx ssaposhnikowi
ssaposhnikowi
Prof. Vasilii Vasileivich Ssapozhnikov (1861-1924) Russian zoologist, explorer in Turkistan and Mongolia (subsp. Remiz macronyx).