Brazza’s Martin / Phedina brazzae
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Brazza's Martin
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Protonym: Phedina Brazzae LeNat. 8 p.300
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Phedina
Taxonomy Code: bramar1
Type Locality: Ganciu; i. e. Nganchu, middle Congo River.
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1886
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHEDINA
(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Mascarene Martin P. borbonica) Gr. φαιος phaios brown; Italian Rondine swallow < L. hirundo, hirundinis swallow; "mais, quant à l'Hirundo borbonica, dont on voudrait aussi faire une Collocalia, elle est le type de mon genre PHEDINA, que plusieurs caractères, et surtout ses tarses allongés, me semblent éloigner beaucoup de nos Collocalia et rapprocher des Hirundiniens" (Bonaparte 1855); "HYRUNDINEÆ ... 9. Phedina, Bp. 32. borbonica, Gm. (franciae, Cuv. nec Gm.) 33. spilodera, Sundev. 34. subfusca, Gould. (Hirundo subfusca, Gould. ex Maola Ins. Fidgi.)" (Bonaparte 1857); "Phedina Bonaparte, 1857, Riv. Contemp., Torino, 9, p. 210. Type, by subsequent designation, Hirundo borbonica Gmelin (Sharpe, 1885, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 10, p. 122)." (Peters 1960, IX, 100).
brazzae
Dr Giacomo di Brazzà (1859-1888) Italian naturalist, explorer, collector in the Congo 1883-1884 (subsp. Pachycoccyx audeberti, Phedina).
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)
