Sri Lanka Drongo / Dicrurus lophorinus
Sri Lanka Drongo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dicrurus lophorinus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 25["1817"] 25["1817"], 17 p. 587
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code: srldro1
Type Locality: India, restricted to Ceylon.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DICRURUS
(Dicruridae; † Balicassiao D. balicassius) Gr. δικρος dikros forked; ουρα oura tail; "125. DRONGO, Dicrurus. Lanius, Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec couvert de soies à la base, robuste; mandibule supérieure un peu carénée en dessus, échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue fourchue. — Rectrices 10. Esp. Balicasse. — Fingah. — Drongo, Buff. ... Dicrurus [δικρους, furcatus, ουρα, cauda]." (Vieillot 1816); "Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816 (April 14), Analyse, p. 41. Type, by subsequent designation, ["Balicasse" of de Buffon =] Corvus balicassius Linnaeus (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 47)." (Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 138).
Var. Dicruratus (probably an involuntary lapsus or portmanteau of specific combination Dicrurus longicaudatus Hay, 1868), Dicrourus, Dicturus (OD per Martin Schneider).
Synon. Balicassius, Bhringa, Bhuchanga, Bonaparteis, Chaptia, Chibia, Cometes, Criniger, Dicrachibia, Dicranostreptus, Dicruropsis, Dissemuroides, Dissemuropsis, Dissemurulus, Dissemurus, Drongo, Drongus, Drymonax, Edolius, Edoliuta, Entomoletes, Melisseus, Musicus, Notochibia, Prepopterus, Trichometopus.
• (Dicruridae; syn. Dicrurus † Black Drongo D. macrocercus) "Dicrurus (Auct) Bhuchanga." (Hodgson 1841); "Dicrurus Hodgson, 1841, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X (1), (no. 109), p. 29. Classical replacement name for Bhuchanga Hodgson, a local substantive name considered inappropriate by some." (JAJ 2020) (see Alcopus).
lophorinus
Gr. λοφος lophos crest, tuft; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nostrils.
● ex “Drongup” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 173 (Dicrurus).
LOPHORNIS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Tufted Coquette L. ornatus) Gr. λοφος lophos crest, tuft; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "LES COQUETS. Lophornis. Nob. La queue est courte, ou rectiligne, ou arrondie, ou un peu échancrée; mais la tête est surmontée d'une huppe, ou les plumes du cou sont disposées en faisceaux et se développent de manière à former sur les côtés du cou des parures accessoires. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE NATTERER. Ornismya Nattereri. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE PÉTASOPHORE. Ornismya petasophora. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE DELALANDE OU LE PLUMET BLEU. Ornismya Delalandi. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HUPPÉ. Ornismya cristata. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HUPPE-COL. Ornismya ornata. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HAUSSE-COL BLANC. Ornismya strumaria. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE VIEILLOT. Ornismya Vieillotii." (Lesson 1829); "Lophornis Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches [1829], p. xxxvij. Type, by subsequent designation, L. ornata (L.) Less. Ois. M., pl. 14 = Trochilus ornatus Boddaert. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 14.)" (Peters 1945, V, 31).
Synon. Aurinia, Bellatrix, Cosmorrhipis, Dialia, Idas, Lophomyia, Lophorinus, Paphosia, Polemistria, Telamon.
Lophorinus
(Trochilidae; syn. Lophornis † Tufted Coquette L. ornatus) Gr. λοφος lophos crest, tuft; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nose; "77. LOPHORNIS, Less. (Lophorinus.) — 310. delattrii, Less. 1839. — 311. reginæ, Gould, 1847. — 312. ornatus, Gm. 1788. — 313. gouldi, Less. 1832. — 314. helena, Delattr. 1843. — 315. magnificus, Vieill. 1817." (Bonaparte 1854); "Lophorinus Bonaparte, 1854, Rev. Mag. Zool., sér. 2, VI, p. 257. Alternative name for Lophornis Lesson, 1829." (JAJ 2020).
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)