Fülleborn’s Longclaw / Macronyx fuelleborni
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Fülleborn's Longclaw
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Protonym: Macronyx füllebornii Orn.Monatsb. 8 p.39
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Motacillidae / Macronyx
Taxonomy Code: fuelon2
Type Locality: Unika highlands, south Tanganyika.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1900
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MACRONYX
(Motacillidae; Ϯ Orange-throated Longclaw M. capensis) Gr. μακρος makros long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw; "MACRONYX. ... Bill moderate, straight, the culmen slightly arched. Nostrils naked, large, the aperture oblong. Wings rather short, the four first quills equal and longest. Tail slightly rounded. Feet long; the lateral scales of the tarsi entire; the nail of the hind toe very long and curved. Type. L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." (Swainson 1827); "Macronyx Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, "L'Alouette sentinelle" of Levaillant = Alauda capensis Linnaeus" (White in Peters 1960, IX, 142).
macronyx
Gr. μακρος makros long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw, nail.
fuelleborni / fuellebornii
Dr Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933) German naturalist, academic in German East Africa 1896-1900 (syn. Campethera cailliautii nyansae, syn. Caprimulgus vexillarius, Chamaetylas, Cinnyris, subsp. Glareola pratincola, syn. Gyps africanus, Laniarius, Macronyx, syn. Melaniparus leucomelas insignis, subsp. Muscicapa adusta, syn. Ploceus bertrandi).
SUBSPECIES
Fülleborn's Longclaw (fuelleborni)
SCI Name: Macronyx fuelleborni fuelleborni
fuelleborni / fuellebornii
Dr Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933) German naturalist, academic in German East Africa 1896-1900 (syn. Campethera cailliautii nyansae, syn. Caprimulgus vexillarius, Chamaetylas, Cinnyris, subsp. Glareola pratincola, syn. Gyps africanus, Laniarius, Macronyx, syn. Melaniparus leucomelas insignis, subsp. Muscicapa adusta, syn. Ploceus bertrandi).
Fülleborn's Longclaw (ascensi)
SCI Name: Macronyx fuelleborni ascensi
ascensi
Dr Michele Ascenso (fl. 1906) Italian physician in the Congo, collector (subsp. Macronyx fuellebornii).
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)
