Southern Masked-Weaver / Ploceus velatus
Southern Masked-Weaver
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ploceus velatus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 34 p.132
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus
Taxonomy Code: afmwea
Type Locality: Namaqualand (probably about Goodhouse or Pella on the Orange River according to Macdonald, 1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 161).
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1819
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.
velata / velatum / velatus
L. velatus veiled < velare to cover < velum covering.
● "SAUROTHERA, Vieillot. ... S. velata. Vieil. Gal. pl. 38." (Swainson 1837): lapsus for vetula (syn. Coccyzus vieilloti).
● ex “Contramaestre verde pecho de oro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 155 (subsp. Geothlypis aequinoctialis).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
SUBSPECIES
Southern Masked-Weaver (velatus)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus velatus
velata / velatum / velatus
L. velatus veiled < velare to cover < velum covering.
● "SAUROTHERA, Vieillot. ... S. velata. Vieil. Gal. pl. 38." (Swainson 1837): lapsus for vetula (syn. Coccyzus vieilloti).
● ex “Contramaestre verde pecho de oro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 155 (subsp. Geothlypis aequinoctialis).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
Southern Masked-Weaver (nigrifrons)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus nigrifrons
nigrifrons
L. niger black; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Southern Masked-Weaver (tahatali)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus tahatali
tahatali
Undoubtedly a Tswana name (e.g. Thağa finch; tàlá green, yellow); "Ploceus Tahatali. Above golden green ... beneath bright yellow, here and there of an orange tint ... Found between the Orange River and the Tropic. ... The names given by the Natives to the objects above described, I have adopted as the trivial ones" (A. Smith 1836) (syn. Ploceus velatus).
Southern Masked-Weaver (shelleyi)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus 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 4th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring (1827-1890) English traveller, collector in Matabeleland 1873 (syn. Myrmecocichla arnotti, Scleroptila).
Southern Masked-Weaver (caurinus)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus caurinus
caurina / caurinum / caurinus / caurus
L. caurinus of the northwest wind, north-western < caurus northwest wind.
Southern Masked-Weaver (finschi)
SCI Name: Ploceus velatus finschi
finschi
Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, ornithologist, collector (Amazona, syn. Apus horus, ‡Chenonetta, syn. Coereba bartholemica, subsp. Dicaeum agile, Euphonia, syn. Gallirallus australis, subsp. Haematopus ostralegus, syn. Laniarius aethiopicus major, syn. Malacocincla abbotti concreta, syn. Muscicapa striata, Oriolus, subsp. Paradisaea minor, syn. Ploceus velatus, Psittacara, subsp. Ptilinopus iozonus, subsp. Pycnopygius ixoides, Scleroptila, syn. Scotornis climacurus nigricans, Stizorhina, syn. Tauraco schuettii, subsp. Trichastoma celebense, syn. Tropicranus albocristatus) (see finschii).
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)