White-tailed Monarch / Symposiachrus leucurus
White-tailed Monarch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Monarcha leucura Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt26 no.358 p.178
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Symposiachrus
Taxonomy Code: whtmon1
Type Locality: Ke (= Kai) Island.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
SYMPOSIACHRUS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Spectacled Monarch M. trivirgatus) Gr. συν sun, συμ sum together; ποσις posis husband; αχρως akhrōs pallid; "Mélanornithés ... Symposiachrus, Bp., a pour type la trivirgata, qu'il était impossible de laisser parmi les Monarcha, car c'est un véritable Myagrien. Par ces disjonctions il ne reste plus de Monarcha légitimes que le type du genre, Mon. carinata, Vig., et la Drimophila cinerascens, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854).
Var. Symposiarchus (Gr. συμποσιον sumposion drinking party, guest; αρχος arkhos leader).
Synon. Heteranax, Lorimonarcha, Monarchalba, Penemonarcha, Piezormona.
leucurum / leucurus
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros white-tailed < λευκος leukos white; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Aguila coliblanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 10 (Buteo).
● ex “Alcon blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 36 (Elanus).
● ex “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 1651 (syn. Himantopus mexicanus).
● ex “Mellivora cauda alba” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus surinamensis” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Threnetes niger).
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)