Gray Gerygone / Gerygone igata
Gray Gerygone
SCI Name:
Protonym: Curruca igata Voy.AstrolabeZool. 1 p.201 AtlasOis. pl.11 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Gerygone
Taxonomy Code: gryger1
Type Locality: Tasman Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand.
Author: Quoy & Gaimard
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GERYGONE
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ White-throated Gerygone G. olivacea) Gr. γηρυγονος gērugonos echoes < γηρυω gēruō to sing; γονη gonē offspring, child; "I found it in considerable numbers in every part of the Upper Hunter district, nearly always among the gum-trees, and constantly uttering a peculiar and not very harmonious strain" (Gould 1865); "These birds having been characterised by me under the generic name of Psilopus; but that term having been previously employed in Entomology I propose to alter it to Gerygone" (Gould 1841); "Gerygone Gould, 1841, in G. Grey, Journ. Two Exped. Discovery Northwest Western Australia, 2, p. 417, note. New name for Psilopus Gould, 1838, preoccupied by Psilopus Meigen, 1824." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 444).
Var. Gerigone, Gerypont.
Synon. Ethelornis, Hapolorhynchus, Leptotodus, Maorigerygone, Ostiarius, Pseudogerygone, Psilopus, Royigerygone, Tinamulus, Wilsonavis.
igata
Maori name Igata for the Grey Gerygone (Gerygone).
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)