Fiery Minivet / Pericrocotus igneus
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Fiery Minivet
SCI Name:
Protonym: P[ericrocotus] igneus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 15 p.309
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code: fiemin1
Type Locality: Malacca.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos golden-yellow < κροκος krokos saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors. ... Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.
igneus
L. igneus fiery < ignis fire.
SUBSPECIES
Fiery Minivet (igneus)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus igneus igneus
igneus
L. igneus fiery < ignis fire.
Fiery Minivet (trophis)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus igneus trophis
trophis
Gr. τροφις trophis, τροφιος trophios well-fed, stout, large < τρεφω trephō to nourish.
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)
