Common Jery

SCI Name:  Neomixis tenella
Protonym:  Eroessa tenella Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.219 text,figs
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Neomixis
Taxonomy Code:  comjer1
Type Locality:  Madagascar ; inferentially restricted to northeastern Madagascar, by Milne Edwards and Grandidier, 1882, Histoire Physique, Naturelle Politique Madagascar, 12 (1879), p. 322.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NEOMIXIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Stripe-throated Jery N. striatigula) Gr. νεος neos new, strange; genus Mixornis Hodgson, 1842, tit-babbler; "NEOMIXIS, gen. nov.  Not distantly related to Mixornis, but easily distinguished by the shape of the bill, which is conical and pointed, with a very sharp conical ridge, and scarcely any perceptible rictal bristles. In Madagascar it finds its nearest ally in Bernieria, like which genus it has the culmen as long as the tarsus; but the pointed conical bill is very different from the long thin bill of Bernieria.  The type is  NEOMIXIS STRIATIGULA, sp. n." (Sharpe 1881).   
Synon. Damia, Eroessa.

tenella
L. tenellus  delicate, somewhat tender  < dim. tener, teneri  delicate, tender.
● ex “Petit Simon de Bourbon” or “Figuier de Madagascar” of Sganzin 1840 (Neomixis).

SUBSPECIES

Common Jery (tenella)
SCI Name: Neomixis tenella tenella
tenella
L. tenellus  delicate, somewhat tender  < dim. tener, teneri  delicate, tender.
● ex “Petit Simon de Bourbon” or “Figuier de Madagascar” of Sganzin 1840 (Neomixis).

Common Jery (decaryi)
SCI Name: Neomixis tenella decaryi
decaryi
Raymond Decary (1891-1973) French colonial administrator in Madagascar 1916-1945, naturalist, botanist, ethnologist, explorer (subsp. Neomixis tenella).

Common Jery (orientalis)
SCI Name: Neomixis tenella 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).

Common Jery (debilis)
SCI Name: Neomixis tenella debilis
debilis
L. debilis  feeble, weak, powerless  < preposition de  away from; habilis  suitable, fit  < habere  to hold.