White-collared Oliveback

SCI Name:  Nesocharis ansorgei
Protonym:  Pytelia ansorgei Bull.Br.Orn.Club 10 p.26
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Nesocharis
Taxonomy Code:  whcoli1
Type Locality:  Wemo [= Wimi] River, Toro, Uganda.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1899
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NESOCHARIS
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Shelley's Oliveback N. shelleyi) Gr. νησος nēsos  island (= Fernando Póo); χαρις kharis, χαριτος kharitos  loveliness  < χαιρω khairō  to rejoice; "NESOCHARIS, n. gen.  Simile generi Spermestes dicto, sed rostro cyanescente debili, valde compresso et cauda brevi rotundata, pedibus caudam apicalem excedentibus distinguendum.   Typus est  1. NESOCHARIS SHELLEYI, n. sp.   ...   Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 12, 1902." (Alexander 1903).
Synon. Chlorestrilda, Delacourella.

ansorgeanus / ansorgei / ansorgii
Prof. Dr William John Ansorge (1850-1913) British physician in Mauritius, Uganda and Nigeria, zoologist, collector, explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Acrocephalus rufescens, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Apalis rufogularis angolensis, syn. Apus caffer, subsp. Calendulauda sabota, syn. Chlorophoneus bocagei, syn. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Cisticola rufilatus, subsp. Criniger barbatus, Dyaphorophyia, syn. Eremomela atricollis, syn. Erythropygia leucophrys munda, subsp. Euplectes gierowii, syn. Euplectes progne delacouri, Eurillas, subsp. Indicator willcocksi, subsp. Lagonosticta rhodopareia, syn. Melaenornis infuscatus benguellensis, syn. Myioparus griseigularis, Nesocharis, syn. Numida meleagris reichenowi, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, subsp. Parisoma subcaeruleum, subsp. Parmoptila woodhousei, subsp. Plocepasser mahali, subsp. Prinia flavicans, subsp. Pterocles bicinctus, syn. Sarothrura rufa, subsp. Sylvia abyssinica, syn. Sylvia subcoerulea iohannis, subsp. Sylvietta rufescens, subsp. Tchagra australis, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Tricholaema hirsuta, Xenocopsychus).