Gray-chinned Minivet / Pericrocotus solaris

Gray-chinned Minivet / Pericrocotus solaris

Gray-chinned Minivet

SCI Name:  Pericrocotus solaris
Protonym:  P[ericrocotus] Solaris J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 15 p.310
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Campephagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  gycmin1
Type Locality:  Darjeeling, Bengal.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  

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.

solaris
L. solaris of the sun < sol, solis sun.
● ex “Caural de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 782, and “Caurâle” or “Petit Paon des roses” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Eurypyga helias).

SUBSPECIES

Gray-chinned Minivet (Gray-chinned)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus solaris [solaris Group]
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.

Gray-chinned Minivet (Gray-throated)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus solaris montanus/cinereigula
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.