Loetoe Monarch / Carterornis castus
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Loetoe Monarch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Monarcha castus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.53 pl.12 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Carterornis
Taxonomy Code: loemon1
Type Locality: Loetoe (= Lutu) Island, Timor Laut (= Tanimbar).
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CARTERORNIS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ White-eared Monarch C. leucotis) Thomas Carter (1863-1931) English ornithologist, collector, pastoralist, explorer in Australia 1886-1921; Gr. ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "752. CARTERORNIS, gen. nov. Differs from Piezorhynchus in its weaker bill and feet and in its different wing-formula: the third, fourth, fifth and sixth primaries are sub-equal and longest, the seventh longer than the second which is about twice the length of the first, the eighth sub-equal with second; from Symposiachrus in its longer narrower bill and different wing-formula. Type, Monarcha leucotis Gould." (Mathews 1912); "Carterornis Mathews, 1912. Austral. Av. Rec. 1: 111. Type, by original designation, Monarcha leucotis Gould." (Beehler and Pratt, 2016, Birds New Guinea, p. 449).
Synon. Chloromonarcha, Monarchanax.
castus
L. castus spotless, pure.
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)
