Blue-naped Mousebird

SCI Name:  Urocolius macrourus
Protonym:  Lanius macrourus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.134
Taxonomy:  Coliiformes / Coliidae / Urocolius
Taxonomy Code:  blnmou1
Type Locality:  Senegal.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

UROCOLIUS
(Coliidae; Ϯ Blue-naped Mousebird U. macrourus) Gr. ουρα oura  tail; genus Colius Brisson 1760, mousebird; "L[anius]. cauda cuneiformi longissima cærulescente" (Linnaeus 1766); "55. COLIIDÆ.   ...   *1242. Urocolius, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854 (Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool.)); "26. UROCOLIUS, Bp. — 59. macrourus, L. (senegalensis, Gm.) — 60. indicus, Lath. (quiriva, Less.)" (Bonaparte 1854 (Ateneo Italiano)); "Urocolius Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, Aug., 1854, p. 313 (separately paged reprint cited as Consp. Vol. Anisodactylorum, p. 3).²  Type, by subsequent designation, Lanius macrourus Linné. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 149.)   ...   ² This name is a nomen nudum in Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (4), 1, 1854, p. 131." (Peters 1945, V, 146).
Synon. Limnatornis, Palaeopicus.

macroura / macrouros / macrourus / macrura
Gr. μακρος makros  long; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Coliou de l’isle Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Long-tailed Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Emberizoides herbicola).
● ex “Guainumbi” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Mellivora avis maxima” of Sloane 1725, “Mellisuga cayenensis, cauda bifurca” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à longue queue couleur d’acier brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cayenne forktailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Eupetomena).
● ex "Long-tailed Grosbeak" of Latham 1783 (Euplectes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Kittacincla malabarica).
● ex “Petite Fauvette tachetée du cap de bonne espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 2, and “Great-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Coliou hupé du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Urocolius).
● "92. COLUMBA.  ...  macroura.  16. C. cauda cuneiformi longa, pectore purpurascente.  Columba macroura. Edw. av. 15. t. 15.  Palumbus migratorius. Catesb. car. I. p. 23. t. 23 [= Ectopistes].  Habitat in Canada; hybernat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1758) (Zenaida).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleue de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-naped Mousebird (macrourus)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus macrourus
macroura / macrouros / macrourus / macrura
Gr. μακρος makros  long; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Coliou de l’isle Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Long-tailed Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Emberizoides herbicola).
● ex “Guainumbi” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Mellivora avis maxima” of Sloane 1725, “Mellisuga cayenensis, cauda bifurca” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à longue queue couleur d’acier brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cayenne forktailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Eupetomena).
● ex "Long-tailed Grosbeak" of Latham 1783 (Euplectes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Kittacincla malabarica).
● ex “Petite Fauvette tachetée du cap de bonne espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 2, and “Great-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Prinia maculosa).
● ex “Coliou hupé du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Urocolius).
● "92. COLUMBA.  ...  macroura.  16. C. cauda cuneiformi longa, pectore purpurascente.  Columba macroura. Edw. av. 15. t. 15.  Palumbus migratorius. Catesb. car. I. p. 23. t. 23 [= Ectopistes].  Habitat in Canada; hybernat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1758) (Zenaida).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleue de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (unident.).

Blue-naped Mousebird (laeneni)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus laeneni
laeneni
● Julien René Laenen (b. 1916) Belgian ornithologist, taxidermist, collector in Angola, the Algerian Sahara, Chad and the Sahel (syn. Eremomela icteropygialis alexanderi, subsp. Iduna pallida, subsp. Passer griseus, subsp. Urocolius macrourus).
● Julien René Laenen (b. 1916) Belgian ornithologist, and his wife Yolande (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (syn. Regulus ignicapilla balearicus).

Blue-naped Mousebird (pulcher)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus pulcher
pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

Blue-naped Mousebird (abyssinicus)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus abyssinicus
abyssinaica / abyssinica / abyssinicus / abyssinus
Mod. L. Abyssinicus Abyssinian, of Abyssinia or Ethiopia (Arabic name Habaš for the area < Geez, the classical language of Ethiopia, used Habaśā for the peoples of the region). In ornithology ‘Abyssinian’ is often still used, since it covers both Eritrea and Ethiopia and cannot be confused with ‘Ethiopian’, a former term for the Afrotropical zoögeographical region.
● ex “Grand Calao d’Abyssinie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 779, “Calao d’Abyssinie” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Abyssinian Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (Bucorvus).
● ex “Rollier d’Abyssinie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 626, and “Abyssinian Roller” of Latham 1781 (Coracias).
● ex "Gros bec d'Abyssinie" of de Buffon 1770-1786, and "Abyssinian Grosbeak" of Latham 1783 (subsp. Ploceus cucullatus).
● ex “Waalia Pigeon” of Bruce 1790 (syn. Treron waalia).
● ex “Merle brun d’Abissinie” of Brisson 1760, and “Abyssinian Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● See: habessinicus

Blue-naped Mousebird (griseogularis)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus griseogularis
griseogularis
Med. L. griseum grey; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

Blue-naped Mousebird (massaicus)
SCI Name: Urocolius macrourus massaicus
massaica / massaicum / massaicus
Massai, Masai or Maasai, a semi-nomadic people of Kenya and northern Tanzania.