Shelley's Oliveback

SCI Name:  Nesocharis shelleyi
Protonym:  Nesocharis shelleyi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 13 p.48
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Nesocharis
Taxonomy Code:  fepoli1
Type Locality:  Moka, Fernando Po.
Author:  Alexander
Publish Year:  1903
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NESOCHARIS
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Shelley's Oliveback N. shelleyi) Gr. νησος nēsos  island (= Fernando Póo); χαρις kharis, χαριτος kharitos  loveliness  < χαιρω khairō  to rejoice; "NESOCHARIS, n. gen.  Simile generi Spermestes dicto, sed rostro cyanescente debili, valde compresso et cauda brevi rotundata, pedibus caudam apicalem excedentibus distinguendum.   Typus est  1. NESOCHARIS SHELLEYI, n. sp.   ...   Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 12, 1902." (Alexander 1903).
Synon. Chlorestrilda, Delacourella.

shelleyi
● Capt. George Ernest Shelley (1840-1910) British Army, geologist, ornithologist, collector in South Africa, Egypt, the Sudan, Australia and Burma (Aethopyga, syn. Apus niansae, Bubo, subsp. Caprimulgus pectoralis, syn. Chlorocichla flavicollis flavigula, Cinnyris, syn. Coccyzus minor, syn. Crithagra sulphurata sharpii, Cryptospiza, syn. Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis, syn. Eubucco bourcierii orientalis, Lamprotornis, Nesocharis, syn. Onychognathus morio, Passer, syn. Ploceus velatus, subsp. Riparia riparia, subsp. Streptopelia decipiens, subsp. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus).
● Sir Edward Shelley 4^th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring (1827-1890) English traveller, collector in Matabeleland 1873 (syn. Myrmecocichla arnotti, Scleroptila).

SUBSPECIES

Shelley's Oliveback (shelleyi)
SCI Name: Nesocharis shelleyi shelleyi
shelleyi
● Capt. George Ernest Shelley (1840-1910) British Army, geologist, ornithologist, collector in South Africa, Egypt, the Sudan, Australia and Burma (Aethopyga, syn. Apus niansae, Bubo, subsp. Caprimulgus pectoralis, syn. Chlorocichla flavicollis flavigula, Cinnyris, syn. Coccyzus minor, syn. Crithagra sulphurata sharpii, Cryptospiza, syn. Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis, syn. Eubucco bourcierii orientalis, Lamprotornis, Nesocharis, syn. Onychognathus morio, Passer, syn. Ploceus velatus, subsp. Riparia riparia, subsp. Streptopelia decipiens, subsp. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus).
● Sir Edward Shelley 4^th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring (1827-1890) English traveller, collector in Matabeleland 1873 (syn. Myrmecocichla arnotti, Scleroptila).

Shelley's Oliveback (bansoensis)
SCI Name: Nesocharis shelleyi bansoensis
bansoensis
Banso Mts., Cameroon.