Ethiopian Boubou / Laniarius aethiopicus
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Ethiopian Boubou
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus aethiopicus Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.824
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Laniarius
Taxonomy Code: trobou2
Type Locality: Abyssinia.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
LANIARIUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Gonolek L. barbarus) Genus Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "128. GONOLEK, Laniarius. Lanius, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec nu à la base, un peu grêle, convexe en dessus, droit, comprimé; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. — Ailes à penne bâtarde; le deuxe. remige la plus longue. Esp. Gonolek, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Laniarius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, "Gonolek" Buffon = Lanius barbarus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 326).
Var. Lanairius, Lanarius, Lanirius.
Synon. Diplophoneus, Pelecinius, Rhynchastatus, Thamnocataphus.
aethiopica / aethiopicus
L. Aethiopicus Ethiopian, African < Gr. Αιθιοπικος Aithiopikos Ethiopian, negro < αιθω aithō to burn; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face.
● ex “Merle noir et blanc d’Abissinie” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ethiopian Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Laniarius).
● ex “Abou Hannes” of Bruce 1790 (Threskiornis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
