Rufous-headed Ground-Roller / Atelornis crossleyi
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Rufous-headed Ground-Roller
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Protonym: Atelornis crossleyi Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.74 pl.14
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Brachypteraciidae / Atelornis
Taxonomy Code: rhgrol1
Type Locality: Ampasmonhavo, Madagascar.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
ATELORNIS
(Brachypteraciidae; Ϯ Pitta-like Ground-roller A. pittoides) Gr. ατελης atelēs incomplete < negative prefix α- a- ; τελειος teleios perfect; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; alluding to the short toes of the Pitta-like Ground-roller; "Quoi qu'il en soit de ce mélange de caractères appartenant à divers genres, nous croyons devoir isoler du genre Brachyptérolle le Brach. pittoides et le Brach. squammigera. L'allongement du tarse et la brièveté du pouce nous semblent légitimer cet isolement, et nous désignerons ce nouveau type générique sous le nom d'Atelornis." (Pucheran 1846); "Atelornis Pucheran, Rev. Zool., 1846, p. 200. Type, by subsequent designation, Brachypteracias pittoides Lafresnaye. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 13.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 240).
Var. Aterlornis.
Synon. Corapitta.
crossleyi
Alfred Crossley (1829-1888) British taxidermist, collector in the Cameroons, Rhodesia and Madagascar 1870-1873 (Atelornis, Geokichla, Mystacornis).
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)
