Kauai Akialoa / Akialoa stejnegeri
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Kauai Akialoa
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (6), 4 p.400
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Akialoa
Taxonomy Code: greaki4
Type Locality:
Author: Wilson, SB
Publish Year: 1889
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
AKIALOA
‡ (Fringillidae; Ϯ Hawaii Akialoa A. obscura) Hawaiian name ‘Akialoa long-billed green bird, for the Hawaii Akialoa; "Héoro-taire akaiearoa ... cet oiseau est connu sous le nom d'akaiearoa à Owhyhee, une des îles Sandwich" (Vieillot 1817); "Akialoa, new genus Type species. — Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789. Etymology. — The Hawaiian name for these birds. Hawaiian words do not have gender but as the present name ends in "a" we arbitrarily treat it as feminine" (Olson & James 1995); "Akialoa Olson and James, 1995, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 108 (3), p. 384. Type, by original designation, Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2020).
stejnegeri
Dr Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943) Norwegian zoologist resident in USA 1881-1943, Curator Smithsonian Institution 1884-1943 (‡Akialoa, subsp. Anthus gustavi, subsp. Columba janthina, subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, syn. Hemignathus kauaiensis, subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis, Melanitta, syn. Parus major nigriloris, subsp. Saxicola torquatus, syn. Spindalis zena, subsp. Spinus xanthogastrus, subsp. Zosterops japonicus).
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)
