Sangihe Whistler / Coracornis sanghirensis
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Sangihe Whistler
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Protonym: Pinarolestes sanghirensis Bull.Soc.Philom.(7), 5 p.80
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Coracornis
Taxonomy Code: sansht1
Type Locality: Petta Island, Sangi Island.
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1881
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CORACORNIS
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Maroon-backed Whistler C. raveni) Gr. κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven (i.e. after H. C. Raven (see raveni)); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Coracornis, † gen. nov. Apparently related to Pachycephala Vigors and Horsfield but the rictal bristles longer; the outer primary proportionally longer and broader; rectrices broader, bluntly pointed (instead of obliquely rounded), and the webs at the end semi-decomposed, giving a softer texture to the feathers; nostril oval and parallel with the tomia (instead of short ovate and oblique); and color pattern entirely different. Type and only known species— Coracornis raveni. Coracornis raveni, † sp. nov. Type, adult male ... Rano Rano, Celebes, December 23, 1917. Collected by H. C. Raven ... † Named in honor of H. C. Raven." (Riley 1918); "Coracornis Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol. xxxi. p. 157, 1918. Type (by original designation [and monotypy]): C. raveni Riley." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 662).
sanghirana / sanghirense / sanghirensis / sangirensis
Sanghir I., Dutch East Indies / Sangihe I., Indonesia.
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)
