White-bellied Tit / Melaniparus albiventris
WBN 
White-bellied Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus albiventris Ibis p.116
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Melaniparus
Taxonomy Code: whbtit5
Type Locality: Ugogo, northern Tanganyika Territory.
Author: Shelley
Publish Year: 1881
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.
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus white; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).
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)
