White-naped Tit / Machlolophus nuchalis
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White-naped Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus nuchalis MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 13 p.131
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Machlolophus
Taxonomy Code: whwtit2
Type Locality: Eastern Ghats, India.
Author: Jerdon
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
MACHLOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Yellow-cheeked Tit M. spilonotus) Gr. μαχλος makhlos luxuriant, lush; λοφος lophos crest; "Gen. MACHLOLOPHUS nov. gen. *) Büschelmeise. 505. 1. M. spilonotus Nob. — Parus spilonotus Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 444. ... *) Von μαχλοσ, üppig und λοφοσ, ὁ Haube. Die Gruppe steht der Gattung Parus am nächsten, unterscheidet sich aber durch die stärker als bei Lophophanes entwickelten Federn der Haube. Als Arten gehören hierher: 1. M. xanthogenys. — Parus xanthogenys Vig. Gould. — 2. M. melanolophus. — Parus melanolophus Vig. Gould. — 3. M. rubidiventris. — Parus rubidiventris Blyth." (Cabanis 1853); "Machlolophus Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91. Type, by subsequent designation (Gadow, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 8, p. 26), Parus spilonotus Blyth." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 71).
nuchale / nuchalis
Mod. L. nuchalis of the nape, nuchal < Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
● ex “Perruche à face rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Glossopsitta pusilla).
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)
