Green Iora

SCI Name:  Aegithina viridissima
Protonym:  Jora viridissima Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.397
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Aegithinidae / Aegithina
Taxonomy Code:  greior2
Type Locality:  Sumatra.
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

AEGITHINA
(Aegithinidae; Ϯ Common Iora A. tiphia) Gr. αιγιθος aigithos or αιγινθος aiginthos  unknown and mythical bird mentioned by Aristotle, Aelianus, Dionysius, and other authors, subsequently linked to various species; "ÆGITHINE, Ægithina.  Motac. aut Silvia, Gm. Lath.  Bec alongé, un peu robuste, plus ou moins fléchi en arc, cylindrique, échancré vers le bout de sa partie supérieure. — Ailes courtes. — La 1.^re remige plus courte que les secondaires.   Esp. Fauvette leucoptère, Vieill. Ois. de l'Am. sept." (Vieillot 1816); "Aegithina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 44. Type, by monotypy, Fauvette leucoptère = Sylvia leucoptera Vieillot = Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus." (Delacour in Peters 1960, IX, p. 300).
Var. Aegithia.
Synon. Aethorhynchus, Jora, Phoenicomanes.

viridissima / viridissimum / viridissimus
L. viridissimus  very green  < super. viridis  green  < virere  to be green.
● ex “Or-vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “All-green Humming-bird” of Edwards 1758-1764, and Latham 1782 (?syn. Chlorostilbon prasinus).
● ex “Tanagra gyrola” of Swainson 1829 (Tangara).

SUBSPECIES

Green Iora (viridissima)
SCI Name: Aegithina viridissima viridissima
viridissima / viridissimum / viridissimus
L. viridissimus  very green  < super. viridis  green  < virere  to be green.
● ex “Or-vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “All-green Humming-bird” of Edwards 1758-1764, and Latham 1782 (?syn. Chlorostilbon prasinus).
● ex “Tanagra gyrola” of Swainson 1829 (Tangara).

Green Iora (thapsina)
SCI Name: Aegithina viridissima thapsina
thapsina
Gr. θαψινος thapsinos yellow, sallow.