Fan-tailed Gerygone

SCI Name:  Gerygone flavolateralis
Protonym:  Acanthiza flavolateralis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)2 p.161
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Gerygone
Taxonomy Code:  fatger1
Type Locality:  New Caledonia (island of Nu).
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1859
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

GERYGONE
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ White-throated Gerygone G. olivacea) Gr. γηρυγονος gērugonos  echoes  < γηρυω gēruō  to sing; γονη gonē  offspring, child; "I found it in considerable numbers in every part of the Upper Hunter district, nearly always among the gum-trees, and constantly uttering a peculiar and not very harmonious strain" (Gould 1865); "These birds having been characterised by me under the generic name of Psilopus; but that term having been previously employed in Entomology I propose to alter it to Gerygone" (Gould 1841); "Gerygone Gould, 1841, in G. Grey, Journ. Two Exped. Discovery Northwest Western Australia, 2, p. 417, note. New name for Psilopus Gould, 1838, preoccupied by Psilopus Meigen, 1824." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 444).  
Var. Gerigone, Gerypont.
Synon. Ethelornis, Hapolorhynchus, Leptotodus, Maorigerygone, Ostiarius, Pseudogerygone, Psilopus, Royigerygone, Tinamulus, Wilsonavis.

flavolateralis
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; lateralis of the flanks < latus flank.

SUBSPECIES

Fan-tailed Gerygone (Fan-tailed)
SCI Name: Gerygone flavolateralis [flavolateralis Group]
GERYGONE
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ White-throated Gerygone G. olivacea) Gr. γηρυγονος gērugonos  echoes  < γηρυω gēruō  to sing; γονη gonē  offspring, child; "I found it in considerable numbers in every part of the Upper Hunter district, nearly always among the gum-trees, and constantly uttering a peculiar and not very harmonious strain" (Gould 1865); "These birds having been characterised by me under the generic name of Psilopus; but that term having been previously employed in Entomology I propose to alter it to Gerygone" (Gould 1841); "Gerygone Gould, 1841, in G. Grey, Journ. Two Exped. Discovery Northwest Western Australia, 2, p. 417, note. New name for Psilopus Gould, 1838, preoccupied by Psilopus Meigen, 1824." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 444).  
Var. Gerigone, Gerypont.
Synon. Ethelornis, Hapolorhynchus, Leptotodus, Maorigerygone, Ostiarius, Pseudogerygone, Psilopus, Royigerygone, Tinamulus, Wilsonavis.

Fan-tailed Gerygone (Rennell)
SCI Name: Gerygone flavolateralis citrina
citrina
Med. L. citrinus  yellow, citrine  < L. citrus  citron, citrus (cf. According to Ray 1713, Citrina is a German name for the Canary).
● ex “Citrine Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Acanthisitta chloris).
● ex “Orange-headed Thrush” of Latham 1787 (Geokichla).
● ex “Citrin” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 127 (syn. Prinia flavicans).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 2 (Setophaga).