Icterine Greenbul / Phyllastrephus icterinus

Icterine Greenbul / Phyllastrephus icterinus

Icterine Greenbul

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus icterinus
Protonym:  Trichophorus icterinus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.262
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ictgre1
Type Locality:  Guinea.
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Publish Year:  1850
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DEFINITIONS

PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; στρεφω strephō  to toss, to turn;  "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS.  ...  Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute.  Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō  to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.

icterina / icterinus
Mod. L. icterinus  icterine, jaundice-yellow, ochreous-yellow  < Gr. ικτερος ikteros  jaundice-yellow (cf. ικτερος ikteros  unknown yellow bird, perhaps the Golden Oriole, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice).