White-tailed Alethe / Alethe diademata
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White-tailed Alethe
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Protonym: Bessonornis (Turdus) diadematus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.302
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Alethe
Taxonomy Code: ficale3
Type Locality: Guinea.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ALETHE
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Fire-crested Alethe A. castanea) Alethe, attendant of the Sacred Ibis in the Temple of Isis (cf. Gr. αληθης alēthēs sincere, actual; myth. Alethes, a king of Corinth); "Genus ALETHE, nobis. General form and aspect of Napothera, but with the bill thicker, the bristles at the base of the upper mandible weaker and shorter, and in general characters more approaching Cossypha and Geocichla. Wing rather long, first quill short, fourth and fifth longest, tail moderate, legs rather strong. 75. ALETHE CASTANEA, (Cassin.) Napothera castanea, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 1856, p. 158." (Cassin 1859); "Alethe Cassin, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 11, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Napothera castanea Cassin." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 61).
diademata / diadematum / diadematus
L. diadematus diademed < diadema diadem < Gr. διαδημα diadēma diadem, royal head-dress.
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)
