Western Nicator

SCI Name:  Nicator chloris
Protonym:  Lanius chloris Dict.Sci.Nat. 40 p.226
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nicatoridae / Nicator
Taxonomy Code:  yesnic1
Type Locality:  Galam [Senegal].
Author:  Valenciennes
Publish Year:  1826
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NICATOR
(Nicatoridae; Ϯ Western Nicator N. chloris) Gr. νικατωρ nikatōr, νικατορος nikatoros  conqueror (i.e. shrike)  < νικαω nikaō  to conquer  < νικη nikē  victory; "Genus Nicator, Hartl. et Finsch.  Meristes, Bp. (nec Reichb.)   ...   Im System scheint sich das Genus am natürlichsten zwischen Laniarius und Meristes einzureihen, doch lassen sich gewisse Beziehungen zu Criniger (Trichophorus), die sich namentlich in den starken Mundwinkelborsten und der in den 2 letzten Gliedern verbundenen äusseren Zehe aussprechen, nicht verkennen.  Typus der Gattung ist der bald als Tricophorus, bald als Laniarius angeführte Lanius chloris, Valenc., an dessen Identität mit Laniarius Peli, Bp." (Finsch & Hartlaub 1870).
Var. Necator.

CHLORIS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Greenfinch C. chloris) Specific name Loxia chloris Linnaeus, 1758; "Verdiers ...... Chloris" (Cuvier 1800); "Chloris Cuvier, 1800, Lecons Anat. Comp., 1, tab. 2. Type, by tautonymy, Loxia chloris Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 234). 
Synon. Chlorospiza, Hypacanthis, Ligurinus.
● (Parulidae; syn. Setophaga Ϯ Northern Parula S. americana) Gr. myth. Chloris the nymph, also known as Flora, wife to Zephyrus and goddess of flowers and springtime (Bob Dowsett in litt.); "Chloris: Sylv. americana Lath.  u.s.w." (Boie 1826); "Chloris (not of Cuvier, 1800) Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 972—type, by virtual monotypy, Sylvia americana Latham = Parus americanus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1935, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VIII, p. 347).

chloris
● Gr. χλωρις khlōris, χλωριδος khlōridos  greenfinch  < χλωρος khlōros  green. In Gr. myth. Chlōris was one of the daughters of Pierus, who, having failed to best the Muses in a singing contest, was transformed into a finch (or a magpie, according to some!) (Acanthisitta, Chloris (see below), syn. Chlorodrepanis flava, Piprites).
● Mod. L. chloris  green, greenish  < Gr. χλωρις khlōris, χλωριδος khlōridos  greenfinch < χλωρος khlōros  green (cf. Gr. myth. Meliboea, a daughter of Niobe and Amphion, who was so traumatised by the slaughter of her siblings by a vengeful Apollo that she turned pale and changed her name to Chloris, the pale one) (Anthus, syn. Camaroptera brachyura (ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 125), subsp. Melanocharis longicauda, Nicator, syn. Picus canus, subsp. Sicalis olivascens, subsp. Thapsinillas affinis, Todiramphus (ex “Martin-pêcheur à tête verte du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 783, fig. 2, and “Green-headed Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782), Zosterops, unident. (ex “Chloris Indicus” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and “Oriolus Indicus” of Brisson 1760)).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  Chloris.  20. L. flavicanti-virens, remigibus primoribus antice luteis, rectricibus lateralibus quatuor basi luteis.  Fringilla eadem. Fn. svec. 202.  Chloris. Gesn. av. 259. Will. orn. 129. Raj. av. 85. n. 4. Alb. av. I. p. 56. t. 58. Frisch. av. l. 8. f. 3. 4. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 18.  Habitat in Europa.  Media quasi inter Loxias & Emberizas, sed rostrum crassius quam in Emberizis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Chloris).