Silverbird / Melaenornis semipartitus
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Silverbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa semipartita NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.107 pl.40 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code: silver1
Type Locality: Gondar, Abyssinia.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELAENORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Northern Black Flycatcher M. edolioides) Gr. μελας melas, μελαινα melaina black; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "MELAENORNIS, n. Melasoma a, Swains. M. Edolioïdes, (Swains.) n. Nat. Libr. B. of W. Afr., pl. 29. ... a Used in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Melaenornis G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 35. New name for Melasoma Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Melasoma Dillwyn, 1831." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 296).
Var. Melaehornis, Meloenornis.
Synon. Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Melanopepla, Melasoma, Namibornis, Sigelus, Siopornis.
semipartita / semipartitus
L. semi- half- < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; partitus divided < partire to divide.
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)
