Rwenzori Apalis / Oreolais ruwenzorii
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Rwenzori Apalis
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Protonym: Apalis ruwenzorii Bull.Br.Orn.Club 15 p.11
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Oreolais
Taxonomy Code: ruwapa1
Type Locality: Ruwenzori.
Author: Jackson, FJ
Publish Year: 1904
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OREOLAIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Black-collared Apalis O. pulcher) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (i.e. Mt. Elgon, Kenya); Mod. L. lais warbler < Gr. ὑπολαις hupolais small unidentified ground-nesting bird (cf. Gr. λαιος laios thrush); “Oreolais, masc. gen. nov. Type species: Apalis pulchra Sharpe, 1891. ... Etymology: Lais can refer to singers, corresponding to these species, where male and female often sing together, albeit at different pitch and speed. The prefix oreo refers to montane habitats” (Nguembock et al. 2008).
ruwenzorae / ruwenzori / ruwenzoria / ruwenzoriae / ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Mts., Belgian Congo (= DR Congo)/Uganda.
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)
