White-throated Oxylabes

SCI Name:  Oxylabes madagascariensis
Protonym:  [Motacilla] madagascariensis Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.952
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Bernieridae / Oxylabes
Taxonomy Code:  whtoxy1
Type Locality:  Madagascar; restricted to East Madagascar, by Salomonsen, 1934, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 14, p. 68.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

OXYLABES
(Bernieridae; Ϯ White-throated Oxylabes O. madagascariensis) Gr. οξυλαβης oxulabēs  quick at seizing  < οξυς oxus  quick; λαμβανω lambanō  to seize; "OXYLABES, gen. nov.  Rostrum elongatum, apicem versus compressum; maxilla mandibulam paullo superante: dertro recto, apice decurvato: gonyde ascendente setis brevibus ad basin mandibulæ: naribus ovalibus supra parvo membrano obtectis.  Alæ rotundatæ, remige primo brevi, secundo et tertio gradatim longioribus; quarto, quinto, sexto et septimo æqualibus et longissimis.  Cauda longa, rectricibus duodecim, externa brevissima, duabus proximis gradatim longioribus, sex mediis longissimis et subæqualibus.  Pedes robustissimi, unguibus validis; tarso scutellato, digito exteriore quam interior paullo longiore, halluce ambos superante.   ...   The type is  3. OXYLABES MADAGASCARIENSIS.  Ellisia? madagascariensis (Briss.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 37 (1861).  ...  Native name Cerun-cerun.  ...  This bird appears to me to be without doubt the Rossignol de Madagascar of Brisson; and Professor Newton, who compared the birds along with me with Brisson's description, agrees that we must have here the species described by him." (Sharpe 1870).
Synon. Nesobates.

madagarensis / madagascariensis / madagascarina / madagascarinus / madagascarius
Madagascar  < Madageiscar, said to be a 13th century corruption of Mogadishu (Persian Maq'ad is-Shah  seat of the king), the Somali port with which Marco Polo confused the island.
● ex “Palumbus coeruleus Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Alectroenas).
● ex “Ficedula madagascariensis major” of Brisson 1760, “Vira-ombé de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Madagascar Flycatcher” of Latham 1783 (Bernieria).
● ex “Lanius madagascariensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calicalicus); ex “Grimpereau violet de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Cinnyris souimanga).
● ex “Coucou verdâtre de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 815, and “Great Madagascar Cuckow” of Latham 1783 (syn. Coua gigas).
● ex “Lanius madagascariensis caeruleus” of Brisson 1760 (Cyanolanius).
● ex “Rolle de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 501, “Rollier de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Madagascar Roller” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eurystomus glaucurus).
● ex “Cardinal de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Foudia).
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar and Mauritius (= China); ex “Francolin de l’isle de France” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Pintado Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Francolinus pintadeanus).
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar (= Réunion); ex Upupa capensis Gmelin 1788 (‡syn. Fregilupus varius).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 557, fig. 1, and “Tanaombé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Hartlaubius auratus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merula madagascariensis” of Brisson 17690, “Merle de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 557, fig. 1, “Tanaombé” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Madagascar Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hartlaubius auratus).
● ex “Merle cendré de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760, and “Ourovang” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 557, fig. 2 (Hypsipetes).
● ex “Grande Caille de Madagascar” and “Caille brune de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1782 (Margaroperdix).
● ex “Sarcelle de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Madagascar Teal” of Latham 1785 (syn. Nettapus auritus).
● Erroneous TL Madagascar (= Macassar, Celebes); ex “Courlis de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Numenius).
● ex “Luscinia madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Foudi-jala” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Madagascar Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Oxylabes).
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar (= Malacca); ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257, and “Breve de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
● ex “Poule Sultane” of Brisson 1760, and “Talève de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 810 (Porphyrio).
● ex “Ficedula madagascariensis minor” of Brisson 1760, “Cheric” of de Buffon 17790-1783, and “White-eyed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Zosterops maderaspatanus).