Wetar Figbird / Sphecotheres hypoleucus
Wetar Figbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sphecotheres hypoleucus NotesLeydenMus. 20 p.129
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Oriolidae / Sphecotheres
Taxonomy Code: wetfig1
Type Locality: Wetter Island.
Author: Finsch
Publish Year: 1898
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPHECOTHERES
(Oriolidae; Ϯ Timor Figbird S. viridis) Gr. σφηξ sphēx, σφηκος sphēkos wasp; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; the strong bill inclined earlier authors to treat the figbirds as allied to the rapacious shrikes; "132. SPHÉCOTHÈRE, Sphecotheres. Bec épais, droit et glabre à la base, robuste, convexe en dessus, fléchi vers la pointe de la mandibule supérieure. — Orbites nues. — Les prem. et deux. remiges les plus longues. Esp. nouv. (H) ... (H) SPÉCOTHÈRE VERT, Sphecotera viridis. ... Sphecotera [σφηξ, vespa, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Sphecotheres Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by monotypy, Specotheres viridis Vieillot." (Greenway in Peters 1962, XV, 136).
Var. Sphecotera, Sphecothera, Sphecoteres, Sphecotis.
Synon. Picnoramphus.
hypoleucus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; λευκος leukos white (cf. ὑπολευκος hupoleukos whitish).
Hypoleucus
(syn. Phalacrocorax Ϯ Pied Cormorant P. varius) Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; λευκος leukos white (cf. specific name Carbo hypoleucos von Brandt, 1837 (= syn. Phalacrocorax fuscescens)); "Genera et Species typicae. ... b. *Hypoleucus Rchb. varius (Pelic. — L. Gm.) Rchb. Ic. Av. t. 63. ic. 474. Rel. spec. ib. 872—73. 875—876. t. 60. ic. 2309—10." (Reichenbach 1852). Var. Hypoleucos.
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)