Jerdon’s Minivet / Pericrocotus albifrons
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Jerdon's Minivet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pericrocotus albifrons Ibis (1) 4 (13) p. 20-21
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code: whbmin2
Type Locality: Thayetmyo, Upper Burma.
Author: Jerdon
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos golden-yellow < κροκος krokos saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors. ... Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.
albifrons
L. albus white; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “White-fronted Owl” of Latham 1787 (syn. Aegolius acadicus).
● ex “White-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Amazona).
● ex “Cola aguda vientre de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 234 (Donacospiza).
● ex “White-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Miro australis).
● ex “White-faced Manakin” of Edwards 1764 (Pithys).
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)
