Radde's Accentor

SCI Name:  Prunella ocularis
Protonym:  Accentor ocularis Orn.Caucasica p.33,244 pl.14
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Prunellidae / Prunella
Taxonomy Code:  radacc1
Type Locality:  Kusjurdi Mt., Talysh, Iranian border.
Author:  Radde
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PRUNELLA
(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle  Dunnock  < dim. braun  brown (cf. Med. L. burneta  hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle.  ...  Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner.  Motacilla, Linn. Gm.  Sylvia, Lath.  Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue.  Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.

ocularis
L. ocularis  of the eyes, ocular  < oculus  eye.
● “The widespread error of transcribing this name as ocularius has been pointed out by Macdonald and Grant, 1953, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 22, pp. 197-203” (Moreau in Peters XV 1962) (Ploceus).