Oriole Finch

SCI Name:  Linurgus olivaceus
Protonym:  Coccothraustes olivaceus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.144
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Linurgus
Taxonomy Code:  orifin1
Type Locality:  Clarence, Fernando Po.
Author:  Fraser
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LINURGUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Oriole Finch L. olivaceus) Gr. λινον linon  flax; -ουργος -ourgos 
-worker  < εργον ergon  work. Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXVIII, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae Coccothraustinae, shows the Oriole Finch with a variety of other heavy-billed finches and American buntings. "Linurgus Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 78, fig. 9. Type, by monotypy, Coccothraustes olivaceus Fraser." (Rand in Peters 1968, XIV, 232).
Var. Ligurnus.
Synon. Hyphantospiza.

olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus  olive-green, olivaceous  < L. oliva  olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Oriole Finch (olivaceus)
SCI Name: Linurgus olivaceus olivaceus
olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus  olive-green, olivaceous  < L. oliva  olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).

Oriole Finch (prigoginei)
SCI Name: Linurgus olivaceus prigoginei
prigoginei
Dr Alexandre Prigogine (born Aleksandr Romanovich Prigozhin) (1913-1991) Russian/Belgian ornithologist, geologist, chemist, sponsor of expeditions to tropical Africa (‡Caprimulgus, Chlorocichla, Cinnyris, syn. Geokichla cameronensis graueri, subsp. Linurgus olivaceus, Phodilus, subsp. Sylvia lugens).

Oriole Finch (elgonensis)
SCI Name: Linurgus olivaceus elgonensis
elgonense / elgonensis
Mt. Elgon, Kenya.

Oriole Finch (kilimensis)
SCI Name: Linurgus olivaceus kilimensis
kilimense / kilimensis
Kilima N’jaro / Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania.