Stripe-breasted Tit / Melaniparus fasciiventer
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Stripe-breasted Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus fasciiventer Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.31
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Melaniparus
Taxonomy Code: stbtit2
Type Locality: Ruwenzori.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELANIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Southern Black Tit M. niger) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "489. Melaniparus, Bp. (Parus, p. Gr.) 3. P. niger, Vieill. (luctuosus, Licht.) Lev. Afr. t. 137. 1. ex Africa mer." (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Melanoparus.
Synon. Aegithospiza, Pentheres.
fasciiventer / fasciiventris
L. fascia streak, band; venter, ventris belly.
SUBSPECIES
Stripe-breasted Tit (fasciiventer)
SCI Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer fasciiventer
fasciiventer / fasciiventris
L. fascia streak, band; venter, ventris belly.
Stripe-breasted Tit (tanganjicae)
SCI Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer tanganjicae
tanganicae / tanganjicae / tanganyicae / tanganyika / tanganyikae
Lake Tanganyika, east Africa.
Stripe-breasted Tit (kaboboensis)
SCI Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer kaboboensis
kaboboensis
Mt. Kabobo, north of Albertville, Belgian Congo / Mt. Misotshi-Kabogo, DR Congo.
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)
