Drakensberg Rockjumper

SCI Name:  Chaetops aurantius
Protonym:  Chaetops aurantius BirdsS.Afr.[Layard].ed.1 ed.1 p.126
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Chaetopidae / Chaetops
Taxonomy Code:  orbroc1
Type Locality:  near Graaff Reinet, Cape Province.
Author:  Layard, EL
Publish Year:  1867
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

CHAETOPS
(Chaetopidae; Ϯ Cape Rockjumper C. frenatus) Gr. χαιτη khaitē  hair; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face (cf. “= bristle eye, referring to presence of eyelashes” (Hockey et al. 2005)); “15. Genus, CHAËTOPS.  Bill moderate, thrush-like, notched; nostrils basal, large, naked, membranaceous; the aperture lateral, linear. Frontal feathers rigid, the shafts composed of bristles; chin feathers the same, but weaker. Rictus bristled. Wings very short, rounded. Tail rather lengthened, broad, convex, soft, the middle feathers even, the two lateral pairs graduated. Tarsi very long, strong; anterior scales divided; lateral toes unequal. Claws small, obtuse, and slightly curved; the three anterior of equal size.   Type—Ch. Burchelli   ...   OBS.—I have given the full characters of this and the next genus [Pellorneum] on account of their extreme rarity. Chaëtops was discovered by Mr. Burchell in southern Africa.” (Swainson 1832); "Chaëtops Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., (1831), p. 486. Type, by original designation, Ch.(aëtops) Burchelli Swainson = Malurus frenatus Temminck." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 28).

aurantium / aurantius
Late Med. L. aurantius  orange-coloured  < aurantia  orange.
● ex “Pic vert des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1655-1781, pl. 691 (syn. Chrysocolaptes lucidus).
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Falco rufigularis).
● ex “Little Black-and-orange-coloured Hawk” of Edwards 1743-1751 (syn. Microhierax caerulescens).
● ex “Thrush” of Sloane 1725, and Ray 1713, “Merula jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle brun de la Jamaïque” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-chinned Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● ex “Orange-headed Honey-sucker” of Pennant 1773, and “Orange-headed Humming-bird” of Latham 1783 (unident.).