Plain Bush-hen / Amaurornis olivacea
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Plain Bush-hen
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gallinula olivacea NovaActaAcad.Caes.Leop.Carol. 16 Suppl. p.109 pl.20
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Amaurornis
Taxonomy Code: plabuh1
Type Locality: Manila.
Author: Meyen
Publish Year: 1834
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMAURORNIS
(Rallidae; † Philippine Bush-hen A. olivacea) Gr. αμαυρος amauros dark; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Genera et Species typicae. ... *Amaurornis Rchb. olivacea (Gallin. — Meyen). Ic. Av. t. 192. ic. 1112—13." (Reichenbach 1853); "Amaurornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vög. p. xxi, 1852 (1853). Type (by original designation): Gallinula olivacea Meyen." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 95).
Var. Amaurormis.
Synon. Aenigmatolimnas, Erythra, Oenolimnas, Pisynolimnas.
olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).
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)
