Compact Weaver

SCI Name:  Pachyphantes superciliosus
Protonym:  Hyphantornis superciliosus Ibis p.140
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Pachyphantes
Taxonomy Code:  comwea1
Type Locality:  West Africa.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Pachyphantes
(syn. Ploceus Ϯ Compact Weaver P. superciliosus) Gr. παχυς pakhus  large, thick; ὑφαντης huphantēs  weaver  < ὑφαινω huphainō  to weave; "Genus XIV.  PACHYPHANTES.  Pachyphantes, gen. nov. . . .Type. P. superciliosus  ...  Genus XX. PACHYPHANTES.  Characterised by the very stout bill and in the throat being black in full plumaged birds of both sexes. It is similar to Hyphantornis in general structure, but is rather compactly built and resembles Othyphantes in the females having as much black on the head as in the males, in this case more, the crown being black in full plumaged females and yellow in the males." (Shelley 1896).

superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).