Southern Whiteface

SCI Name:  Aphelocephala leucopsis
Protonym:  Xerophila leucopsis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.95 p.175
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Aphelocephala
Taxonomy Code:  souwhi1
Type Locality:  Adelaide, South Australia.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1841
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

APHELOCEPHALA
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ Southern Whiteface A. leucopsis) Gr. αφελης aphelēs  smooth, simple  < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus  stony ground; κεφαλη kephalē  head; "Xerophila Gould, must be displaced on account of Xerophila Held, a genus of Mollusca.  In its place may be employed Aphelocephala, from αφελης, simplex, and κεφαλη, caput." (Oberholser 1899); "Aphelocephala Oberholser, 1899, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 214.  New name for Xerophila Gould, 1840, preoccupied by Xerophila Held, 1837 (Mollusca)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Xerophila.

leucopsis
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; οψις opsis  face.
● ex “Canard du Maragnon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 808 (syn. Dendrocygna viduata).

SUBSPECIES

Southern Whiteface (leucopsis)
SCI Name: Aphelocephala leucopsis leucopsis
leucopsis
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; οψις opsis  face.
● ex “Canard du Maragnon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 808 (syn. Dendrocygna viduata).

Southern Whiteface (castaneiventris)
SCI Name: Aphelocephala leucopsis castaneiventris
castaneiventer / castaneiventris
L. castaneus  chestnut-brown  < castanea  chestnut  < Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; venter, ventris  belly.