Mariana Kingfisher / Todiramphus albicilla
Mariana Kingfisher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alcedo albicilla Dict.Sci.Nat. 29 p.273
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Todiramphus
Taxonomy Code: colkin2
Type Locality: Marianas Islands.
Author: Dumont
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
TODIRAMPHUS
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Chattering Kingfisher T. tutus) Genus Todus Brisson 1760, tody; Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; “Ce groupe est remarquable aussi par la forme aplatie du bec qui rappelle celle des Todiers. ... L'Alcedo sacra, si mal décrit par les auteurs, formera notre genre Todiramphus, et l'Halcyon sanctus de MM. Horsfield et Vigors demeurera dans le genre Alcedo dont il a tous les caractères. TODIRAMPHE. Todiramphus. ... Les insulaires des îles de la Société les nomment O-tataré. C'etaient, avec le Crabier-Blanc, des oiseaux vénérés dans l'ancienne religion de ces peuples; il était défendu de les tuer sous des peines sévères, et leur dépouille servait d'offrande au grand dieu Oro. 1re ESPÈCE. TODIRAMPHE SACRÉ. Todiramphus sacer, Less. Tab. XI. Alcedo tuta, Gm., Sp. 28; Lath., Syn. Sp. 17? Alcedo sacra, Gm., Sp. 30. Var. A. Lath., Sp. 15. Var. a? Sacred King's fisher, pl. 27. Latham, Gen. Syn. Var. C. p. 622. p. II?” (Lesson 1827).
Var. Todirramphus, Todirhamphus.
Synon. Antisyma, Coporhamphus, Cyanalcyon, Dilazula, Dilazulena, Entomophila, Hyposyma, Lazulena, Leucalcyon, Melanalcyon, Sauropatis, Sauropatoides, Todalcyon.
albicilla / albicillus
● Med. L. Albicilla Gaza’s 1476 name for the White-tailed Eagle (equivalent to Gr. πυγαργος pugargos type of eagle < πυγη pugē rump; αργος argos white); "41. FALCO. ... Albicilla. 8. F. cera flava, rectricibus albis: intermediis apice nigris. Fn. svec. 58. Pygargus, Albicilla, Hinnularia. Bell. av. 15. Gesn. av. 205. Aldr. orn. l. 2. c. 5. Will. ornith. 31. Raj. av. 7. n. 5. β. Aquila, capite albo. Catesb. car. I. p. 1. t. 1. Habitat in Europa, America." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the fourteenth name in avian nomeclature (Haliaeetus).
● L. albus white; -capillus headed < capillus hair of the head (Mohoua (the Moineau a tête blanche of Lesson 1830), syn. Myiopagis gaimardii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris (the Alcyon a tête blanche of Dumont de Sainte Croix 1823)).
● Mod. L. albicilla white-tailed < L. albus white; Mod. L. cilla tail; the mistaken use of cilla for tail in ornithology goes back to mediaeval writers who misread motacilla, Varro’s name for the wagtail (< dim. L. motare to move about or shake, i.e. a little shaker or wagger), as ‘shake-tail’ (Ficedula).
SUBSPECIES
Mariana Kingfisher (owstoni)
SCI Name: Todiramphus albicilla owstoni
owstoni
Alan Owston (1853-1915) English merchant, yachtsman, naturalist, collector resident in Japan 1871-1915 (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja, Dendrocopos, Ficedula, subsp. Garrulax canorus, syn. Hydrobates tristrami, Hypotaenidia, subsp. Nucifraga hemispila, subsp. Pyrrhula erythaca, Sittiparus, syn. Terpsiphone atrocaudata, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Zosterops semperi).
Mariana Kingfisher (albicilla)
SCI Name: Todiramphus albicilla albicilla
albicilla / albicillus
● Med. L. Albicilla Gaza’s 1476 name for the White-tailed Eagle (equivalent to Gr. πυγαργος pugargos type of eagle < πυγη pugē rump; αργος argos white); "41. FALCO. ... Albicilla. 8. F. cera flava, rectricibus albis: intermediis apice nigris. Fn. svec. 58. Pygargus, Albicilla, Hinnularia. Bell. av. 15. Gesn. av. 205. Aldr. orn. l. 2. c. 5. Will. ornith. 31. Raj. av. 7. n. 5. β. Aquila, capite albo. Catesb. car. I. p. 1. t. 1. Habitat in Europa, America." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the fourteenth name in avian nomeclature (Haliaeetus).
● L. albus white; -capillus headed < capillus hair of the head (Mohoua (the Moineau a tête blanche of Lesson 1830), syn. Myiopagis gaimardii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris (the Alcyon a tête blanche of Dumont de Sainte Croix 1823)).
● Mod. L. albicilla white-tailed < L. albus white; Mod. L. cilla tail; the mistaken use of cilla for tail in ornithology goes back to mediaeval writers who misread motacilla, Varro’s name for the wagtail (< dim. L. motare to move about or shake, i.e. a little shaker or wagger), as ‘shake-tail’ (Ficedula).
Mariana Kingfisher (orii)
SCI Name: Todiramphus albicilla orii
orii
Hyojiro Orii (1883-?1948) Japanese collector in Japan, Korea, Manchuria and the Pacific (subsp. Aplonis opaca, subsp. Garrulus glandarius, subsp. Picoides kizuki, syn. Poecile palustris brevirostris, subsp. Pycnonotus sinensis, subsp. Sittiparus varius, subsp. Streptopelia orientalis, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, ‡syn. Troglodytes troglodytes mosukei, syn. Turdus chrysolaus).
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)