Red-headed Weaver / Anaplectes rubriceps
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Red-headed Weaver
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ploceus (Hyphanthornis) rubriceps Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.97
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Anaplectes
Taxonomy Code: rehwea1
Type Locality: Upper CafFraria, near the Tropic. Restricted to Mohapoani, Witfontein Mts., western Transvaal, by Gyldenstolpe (1934, Ibis, p. 292).
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
ANAPLECTES
(Ploceidae; Ϯ Northern Red-headed Weaver A. leuconotos) Gr. αναπλεκω anaplekō to entwine, to braid (cf. ανα ana with; genus Symplectes Swainson, 1837, weaver); "LXVIII. Anaplectes RCHB. Kukuksschnabel-Weber. Schnabelfirste mit schmal länglichem Ausschnitt tief in die Stirn tretend, Nasenlöcher länglichrund parallel vorstehend, der ganze Schnabel kukuksartig sanft gebogen, sehr spitz, obere und untere Schneide gleich. Flügel ein Drittheil des Schwanzes bedeckend. Schwanz gestutzt, kaum gerundet. Läufe dünn, der ganze Vogel schlank gestreckt. — Man hat diese Vögel zu Symplectes gemacht, nachdem man SWAINSON'S eigentlichen und einzigen Symplectes neu benannt hat. 323. A. melanotis (Ploceus — LAFR. Rev. zool. 1830. p. 20. GUÉEIN [sic] Mag. zool. 1839. t. 7.) RCHB. Der schwarzöhrige Kukuksschnabel-Weber. ... 323b. A. rubriceps (Sycobius - SUNDEV. Ögfversicht Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Förh. 1850. 97.) RCHB. Der rothköpfige Kukuksschnabel-Weber. ... 324. A. Sancti Thomae (Sycobius - HARTL. Rév. zoolog. 1848. 109. Beitr. z. Ornith. W.-Afr. 54. t. 9.) RCHB. Der St. Thomas-Kukuksschnabel-Weber." (Reichenbach 1863); "Anaplectes Reichenbach, 1863, Singvögel, p. 86. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1890, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 13, p. 411), Ploceus melanotis Lafresnaye, 1840, (nec Swainson, 1838) = Ploceus leuconotus Müller [1851]." (Moreau in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 57).
Var. Anasymplectes.
rubriceps
L. ruber, rubra red; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Red-headed Weaver (Northern)
SCI Name: Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotos
leuconotos / leuconotus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
Red-headed Weaver (Red)
SCI Name: Anaplectes rubriceps jubaensis
jubaensis
Juba River, Italian Somaliland / Somalia.
Red-headed Weaver (Southern)
SCI Name: Anaplectes rubriceps rubriceps
rubriceps
L. ruber, rubra red; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)
