Greater Amakihi / Viridonia sagittirostris
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Greater Amakihi
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Protonym: Viridonia sagittirostris Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6), 10 p.112
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Viridonia
Taxonomy Code: greama
Type Locality: lower slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1892
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
VIRIDONIA
‡ (Fringillidae; Ϯ Greater Amakihi V. sagittirostris) L. viridis green < virere to be green; Gr. patronymic suffix -ωνη -ōnē; "Fam. Meliphagidæ. VIRIDONIA, gen. nov. Bill slightly curved, stout at the base, attenuating towards the tip, which is sharply pointed; wing rather broad, the first quill slightly shorter than the sixth; no bastard primary; tail rather short, nearly even at the tip; legs and feet stout; culmen about equal in length to the tarsus. Viridonia sagittirostris, sp. n. Adult male. Upper parts bright olive-green, rather paler and brighter on the sides of the head and upper tail-coverts. Underparts bright yellowish green; wings blackish brown, the primaries narrowly and the secondaries more broadly margined with yellowish green; tail blackish brown, with yellowish-green margins ... Hab. Mauna Kea, Hawai, Sandwich group." (Rothschild 1892); "Viridonia Rothschild, 1892, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 10, p. 112. Type, by monotypy, Viridonia sagittirostris Rothschild." (Greenway in Peters 1968, XIV, 96).
sagittirostris
L. sagitta arrow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
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)
