Littoral Rock-Thrush / Monticola imerina
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Littoral Rock-Thrush
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Protonym: C.(ossypha) imerina J.Orn. 8 p.97
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Monticola
Taxonomy Code: litrot1
Type Locality: St. Augustine Bay, southeastern Madagascar.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MONTICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush M. saxatilis) L. monticola mountain-dweller, mountaineer < mons, montis mountain; -cola inhabitant < colere to dwell; "22. Familie. Drosseln, Turdus. 43. Gattung. Monticola.2 85. saxatilis 86. cyanus. ... 2 Unterscheidendes Kennzeichen der Gattung: das rostrothe oder schieferblaue Gefieder." (Boie 1822); "Monticola Boie, 1822, Isis, col. 552. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1847, Gen. Birds, 1, p. 220), Turdus saxatilis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 135).
Synon. Colonocincla, Cyanocincla, Migratorius, Notiocichla, Notiocincla, Orocetes, Oroscirtetes, Petrocincla, Petrocossyphus, Petrophila, Petrornis, Pseudocossyphus.
monticola
L. monticola mountain-dweller < mons, montis mountain; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit.
● Namaqualand; ex “Traquet Montagnard” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 184, fig. 2 (Dromolaea).
● Hudson’s Bay; ex “Mountain Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Spizella arborea).
● Canada; ex “Moineau du Canada” of Brisson 1760, and d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 223, fig. 2, and “Soulciet” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (?syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).
imerina / imerinus
Imerina or Merina, an indigenous clan and former kingdom of central Madagascar.
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)
