Lowland Sooty Boubou / Laniarius leucorhynchus
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Lowland Sooty Boubou
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Protonym: Telephonus leucorhynchus Rev.Zool. 11 p.108
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Laniarius
Taxonomy Code: soobou1
Type Locality: Elmina, Gold Coast.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LANIARIUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Gonolek L. barbarus) Genus Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "128. GONOLEK, Laniarius. Lanius, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec nu à la base, un peu grêle, convexe en dessus, droit, comprimé; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. — Ailes à penne bâtarde; le deuxe. remige la plus longue. Esp. Gonolek, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Laniarius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, "Gonolek" Buffon = Lanius barbarus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 326).
Var. Lanairius, Lanarius, Lanirius.
Synon. Diplophoneus, Pelecinius, Rhynchastatus, Thamnocataphus.
leucorhyncha / leucorhynchos / leucorhynchus
Gr. λευκορυγχυς leukorhunkhos white-nosed < λευκος leukos white; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Ispida americana caerulea” of Brisson 1760, “Martin-pêcheur à bec blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-billed Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Galbula albirostris).
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)
