Icterine Greenbul / Phyllastrephus icterinus
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Icterine Greenbul
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trichophorus icterinus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.262
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code: ictgre1
Type Locality: Guinea.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; στρεφω strephō to toss, to turn; "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. ... Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute. Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.
icterina / icterinus
Mod. L. icterinus icterine, jaundice-yellow, ochreous-yellow < Gr. ικτερος ikteros jaundice-yellow (cf. ικτερος ikteros unknown yellow bird, perhaps the Golden Oriole, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice).
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)
