Fischer’s Greenbul / Phyllastrephus fischeri
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Fischer's Greenbul
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Protonym: Criniger Fischeri Orn.Centralbl. 4 p.139
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code: fisgre1
Type Locality: Muniuni [= Muniumi], East Africa [near mouth of Tana River].
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1879
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; στρεφω strephō to toss, to turn; "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. ... Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute. Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.
fischeri
● Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848-1886) German doctor, explorer, collector in tropical Africa 1876-1886 (Agapornis, syn. Calamonastes simplex, subsp. Centropus monachus, subsp. Cisticola chiniana, subsp. Cyanomitra veroxii, syn. Eurocephalus rueppelli, subsp. Geokichla guttata, Lamprotornis, Melaenornis, subsp. Mirafra rufocinnamomea, Phyllastrephus, subsp. Ploceus melanocephalus, subsp. Pogoniulus bilineatus, syn. Scotopelia peli, syn. Sylvietta whytii minima, Tauraco, Vidua).
● George Fischer (fl. 1896) Dutch surgeon, collector in the East Indies (Ramphiculus).
● Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771-1853) German palaeontologist, zoologist in Russia 1804-1853 (Somateria, syn. Syrrhaptes paradoxus).
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)
