Rüppell’s Weaver / Ploceus galbula
Rüppell's Weaver
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Protonym: Ploceus galbula NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.92 pl.32
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus
Taxonomy Code: ruewea1
Type Locality: Modat valley, Eritrea.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PLOCEUS
(Ploceidae; Ϯ Baya Weaver P. philippinus) Gr. πλοκευς plokeus weaver < πλεκω plekō to plait, to entwine; "LES TISSERINS. (PLOCEUS. Cuv.) (2). A bec assez grand pour les avoir fait en partie classer parmi les cassiques; mais sa commissure droite les en distingue. Ils ont de plus la mandibule supérieure légèrement bombée. On en trouve dans les deux continens. La plupart de ceux de l'ancien font leur nid avec beaucoup d'art, en entrelaçant des brins d'herbes, ce qui les a fait nommer TISSERINS. Tel est le Toucnam-Courvi des Philippines. (Loxia Philippina. Lin.) Enl. 135. Jaune tacheté de brun, à gorge noire. Son nid, suspendu, est en forme de boule, avec un canal vertical, et ouvert en dessous, qui communique par le côté dans la cavité où sont les petits (1). Quelques-uns rapprochent leurs nids en grande quantité, pour en former un seule masse à plusieurs compartimens. Tel est le Républicain. (Loxia socia. Lath.) Paterson. Voy. pl. 19. ... (2) Πλοκευς, tisserand. ... (1) Ajoutez le capmore, Buff. (Oriolus textor, Gm.), enl. 375 et 376. — Fringilla erythrocephala, enl. 665. — Le prétendu tangara de malimbe, Daud. An. Mus. I, p. 148, pl. x. — Le baglafecht. (Lox. Abyssinica.) — Le nélicourvi (lox. pensilis), Sonn., 2e Voy. pl. 109." (Cuvier 1817); "Ploceus Cuvier, 1817, Règne Anim., 1, p. 383. Type, by subsequent designation, Loxia philippina Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 42)." (Moreau in Peters 1962, XV, 32). Recent work indicates that the African and Malagasy members of this genus should be included in Malimbus.
Var. Ploceys.
Synon. Bensonhyphantes, Cinnamopteryx, Deignaniplectes, Deleplectes, Dendrhyphantes, Eremiphantes, Eremiplectes, Euploceus, Eupodes, Heterhyphantes, Hypermegethes, Hyphantornis, Hyphanturgus, Hypositagra, Icteropsis, Melanhyphantes, Melanoploceus, Melanopteryx, Microplectes, Microploceus, Nelicurvius, Notiospiza, Oriolinops, Oriolinus, Othyphantes, Pachyphantes, Phormoplectes, Plesiositagra, Ploceella, Ploceolus, Rhinoploceus, Saka, Sharpia, Sitagra, Sitagroides, Sycobrotus, Symplectes, Textor, Thomasophantes, Xanthophilus, Xanthoplectes, Xanthoploceus.
GALBULA
(Galbulidae; † Green-tailed Jacamar G. galbula) L. galbulus small yellowish bird, subsequently identified as a type of ‘woodpecker’ that builds a pendulous nest, and thus associated with the Golden Oriole < dim. galbina small yellow bird < galbus oriole, yellow; "Le nom de galbula, transporté à ce genre, désignait chez les Latins le loriot [Oriolus]" (Lesson 1830); "Galbula. Genus 48. ... Le genre du Jacamar (1) ... (1) Jacamar, nom formé de Jacamaciri, qui est celui que les Brasiliens donnent à la premiere espece de ce genre ... Genus Galbulæ (1) ... (1) Galbula, nomen primæ hujus generis speciei a Moehringio inditum" (Brisson 1760): based on "Jacamaciri" of Marcgrave 1648, and Piso 1658, "Picus Brasiliensis" of Klein 1750, and "Galbula" of Moehring 1752; "Galbula Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 42; 4, p. 86. Type, by tautonymy, Galbula = Alcedo galbula Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 5).
Synon. Auga, Caucalias, Chalcophanes, Psilopornis, Urocex, Urogalba.
• (Oriolidae; syn. Oriolus † European Golden Oriole O. oriolus) Specific name Oriolus galbula Linnaeus, 1766 (= syn. Oriolus oriolus); "*393. GALBVLA. WILLVGS. Rostrum rectum, attenuatum, subtetragonum. Lingua brevis. Digiti antici tres. ORIOLVS Galbula LINN." (Scopoli 1777); "Galbula "Willughby" Scopoli, 1777, Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, p. 480. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Oriolus galbula Linnaeus, 1766 = Coracias oriolus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Galbulus.
galbula
L. galbulus small yellowish bird, subsequently identified as a type of ‘woodpecker’ that builds a pendulous nest, and thus associated with the Golden Oriole < dim. galbina small yellow bird < galbus oriole, yellow.
● ex “Jacamaciri of Marcgrave” of Edwards 1751 (Galbula).
● “This gold-coloured bird I have only seen in Virginia and Maryland ... It is said to have its name from the Lord Baltimore’s Coat of Arms ... his Lordship being a proprietor in those countries ... Its nest is built in a particular manner, supported only by two twigs fixed to the verge of the nest, and hanging most commonly at the extremity of a bough” (Catesby 1731); 49. CORACIAS. ... Galbula. 4. C. fulva, capite dorso remigibusque nigris. Icterus ex aureo nigroque varius. Catesb. car. I. p. 48. t. 48. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Icterus).
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)