Toro Olive-Greenbul / Phyllastrephus hypochloris

Toro Olive-Greenbul / Phyllastrephus hypochloris

Toro Olive-Greenbul

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus hypochloris
Protonym:  Stelgidillas hypochloris Bull.Br.Orn.Club 19 p.20
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  toogre1
Type Locality:  Kiliran, Toro.
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Publish Year:  1906
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DEFINITIONS

PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; στρεφω strephō  to toss, to turn;  "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS.  ...  Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute.  Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō  to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.

hypochloris
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; Mod. L. chloris green < Gr. χλωρος khlōros green (cf. ὑποχλωρος hupokhlōros  greenish-yellow, pale).