Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail

SCI Name:  Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Protonym:  Rhipidura hypoxantha J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 12 p.935
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Stenostiridae / Chelidorhynx
Taxonomy Code:  yebfan1
Type Locality:  Darjeeling.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHELIDORHYNX
(Stenostiridae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail C. hypoxanthus) Gr. χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos  swallow; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; “bill very short and Cryptolopho-hirundine, being as broad as long from the forehead and very slightly armed at the tip; rictal bristles long, as in Rhipidura; nares advanced, lateral, elliptic, and shaded above by a membrane” (Hodgson 1845); "*Rhipidura hypoxantha, Nobis, n.s.  Described in the Sequel (Genus Chelidorhynx, Hodgson.)   ...   6. Rh. hypoxantha, Nobis, ante.  Darjeeling.†  ...  †  Mr. Hodgson has lately sent a specimen also of this bird, which he separates from Rhipidura by the name Chelidorynx, an arrangement which I shall now adopt." (Blyth 1843); "The genus Chelidorhynx contains only one species of Flycatcher remarkable for the shape of its bill, which is short and pointed, and when viewed from above forms a perfect equilateral triangle." (Oates 1890);  "Chelidorhynx Blyth, 1843 (ex Hodgson MS), Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, pp. 930, 936 (where spelled Chelidorynx). Type, by monotypy, Rhipidura hypoxantha Blyth." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 530).
Var. Chelydorynx, Chelidorynx.

hypoxanthus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).

Hypoxanthus
(syn. Piculus Ϯ Crimson-mantled Woodpecker P. rivolii) Specific name Colaptes hypoxanthus Blyth, 1845 (= syn. Piculus rivolii) (cf. Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; ξανθος xanthos  yellow); "g. Colapteæ   ...   40. HYPOXANTHUS, Bp.  —  228. rivolii, Boissonn. (elegans, Fraser.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Hypoxanthus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, 1854, p. 126. (Consp. Vol. Zygodact., p. 11.). Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Picus rivolii Boissonneau = Colaptes hypoxanthus Blyth, 1845." (Peters 1948, VI, 109).