Herero Chat / Melaenornis herero
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Herero Chat
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Protonym: Bradornis herero Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 83(1931) p.449
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code: hercha1
Type Locality: Karibib, Damaraland, South West Africa.
Author: Meyer de Schauensee
Publish Year: 1931
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELAENORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Northern Black Flycatcher M. edolioides) Gr. μελας melas, μελαινα melaina black; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "MELAENORNIS, n. Melasoma a, Swains. M. Edolioïdes, (Swains.) n. Nat. Libr. B. of W. Afr., pl. 29. ... a Used in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Melaenornis G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 35. New name for Melasoma Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Melasoma Dillwyn, 1831." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 296).
Var. Melaehornis, Meloenornis.
Synon. Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Melanopepla, Melasoma, Namibornis, Sigelus, Siopornis.
herero
Herero, an indigenous Khoikhoi people of Namibia.
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)
