Roberts’s Warbler / Oreophilais robertsi
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Roberts's Warbler
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Protonym: Prinia robertsi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 66 p.52
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Oreophilais
Taxonomy Code: robpri1
Type Locality: Vumba, near Umtali, Southern Rhodesia; altitude ca. 5,500 feet.
Author: Benson
Publish Year: 1946
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OREOPHILAIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Briar Warbler O. robertsi) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (i.e. highlands of Zimbabwe); φιλος philos lover; Mod. L. lais warbler < Gr. ὑπολαις hupolais small unidentifed ground-nesting bird; “Oreophilais gen. nov. Type species. Prinia robertsi Benson ... Etymology. Oreophil-, Greek, mountain-loving. The lais component of the name, elided with the first part, derives from part of the Greek hypolais, which refers to a small warbler-like passerine and has been employed in the formation of several warbler genera” (Clancey 1991).
robertsi
● Dr Austin Roberts (1883-1948) South African zoologist (subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, syn. Chersomanes albofasciata alticola, syn. Corythornis cristatus longirostris (ex Corythornis cristata longirostris Roberts, 1932), syn. Estrilda troglodytes, syn. Glaucidium capense, Oreophilais).
● Dr Howard Radclyffe Roberts (1906-1982) US zoologist, civil administrator (subsp. Psilopsiagon aurifrons).
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)
