Halmahera Cuckooshrike / Celebesia parvula
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Halmahera Cuckooshrike
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Protonym: Graucalus parvulus Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 12 p.324
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Celebesia
Taxonomy Code: halcus1
Type Locality: Halmahera.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Celebesia
(Campephagidae; syn. Celebesica † Pygmy Cuckooshrike C. abbotti) Celebes, Dutch East Indies / Sulawesi, Indonesia; "Celebesia, gen. nov. Simliar [sic] to Malindangia Mearns but bill proportionally narrower (width just forward of the nostril equal to the depth instead of broader); fifth primary (counting from the outside) shorter than the third instead of longer; rectrices more rounded; plumage not so soft; and color pattern different. Type. — Celebesia abbotti. Celebesia abbotti, † sp. nov. ... Celebesia evidently represents Malindangia (from the mountains of Mindanao) in the highlands of Celebes. ... † Named in honor of Dr. W. L. Abbott." (Riley 1918); "Celebesia Riley, 1918, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 31, p. 158. Type, by original designation, Celebesia abbotti Riley. Not Celebesia Bolivar, 1917, Insecta." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 169).
parvula / parvulum / parvulus
L. parvulus very small < dim. parvus small.
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)
