Sickle-winged Chat / Emarginata sinuata
Sickle-winged Chat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lusc.(inia) sinuata K.Vet.Akad.NyaHandl.n.s. n.s., 2 no.3(1857) p.44,note ?y
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Emarginata
Taxonomy Code: siccha1
Type Locality: Cape Town [= Saldanha Bay, vide Gyldenstolpe, 1922, Ark. f. Zool., 19A, p. 55].
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMARGINATA
(Muscicapidae; † Sickle-winged Chat E. sinuata) L. emarginatus emarginated < emarginare to provide with a margin; "Sickle-winged Chat ... Tip of P9 greatly attenuated, in some specimens forming sickle 1 mm wide and 10 mm long" (Keith et al. 1992); "SAXICOLIDÆ. Genus I. EMARGINATA. Emarginata, gen. nov. . . . .Type. E. sinuata." (Shelley 1896); "Emarginata Shelley, Bds. Afr. i, p.89, 1896. Type by original designation, Luscinia sinuata Sund." (W. Sclater, 1839, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 459). Sharpe 1903, remarked that Emarginata was an adjective, and could not be employed in a generic sense. Such conservatism led to a proliferation of replacement names during the nineteenth century by authors like Illiger, Cabanis, and Sharpe.
Synon. Karrucincla, Phoenicuroides, Poliocichla, Psammocincla.
emarginata
L. emarginatus emarginated < emarginare to provide with a margin < margo, marginis border, edge.
sinuata / sinuatus
L. sinuatus curved < sinuare to curve < sinus curve.
SUBSPECIES
Sickle-winged Chat (ensifera)
SCI Name: Emarginata sinuata ensifera
ENSIFERA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Sword-billed Hummingbird E. ensifera) Specific name Ornismya ensifera Boissonneau, 1839; "les ESPADONS, ensifera, Lesson. Bec excessivement long, cylindrique; queue fourchue; ailes robustes. (Pl. 14 et 15).— Ois. m. espadon, ornismya ensifera, Boiss., Rev. zool., 1839, p. 354: trochilus derbianus, Fraser, proceed., 1840, p. 16. T. rostro recurvo, quoad longitudinem, corpus cum capite æquiparante; cauda mediocri, paululum furcata; colore viridi, corpore subtus albido variegato; gula nigrescente. Cet oiseau mouche par la longueur démesurée de son bec qui simule un long espadon, est une des espèces les plus curieuses que l'on puisse signaler. Il vit à Santa Fé-de-Bogota, et nul doute qu'il n'atteigne sa nourriture dans les longues cloches des fleurs des bignonia. ... Ce bec est gigantesque, cylindrique ou légèrement comprimé sur les côtés, légèrement infléchi vers en haut et disproportionné avec la taille de l'oiseau. Son plumage est vert émeraude à reflets un peu cuivrés." (Lesson 1843); "Ensifera Lesson, Écho du Monde Savant, 1843, col. 734. Type, by monotypy, Ornismya ensifera Boissoneau." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 103).
Synon. Docimastes.
Sickle-winged Chat (sinuata)
SCI Name: Emarginata sinuata sinuata
sinuata / sinuatus
L. sinuatus curved < sinuare to curve < sinus curve.
Sickle-winged Chat (hypernephela)
SCI Name: Emarginata sinuata hypernephela
hypernephela
Gr. ὑπερνεφελος hupernephelos above the clouds < ὑπερ huper above; νεφελη nephelē cloud.
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)