Yellow-bellied Eremomela

SCI Name:  Eremomela icteropygialis
Protonym:  Sylvietta icteropygialis Rev.Zool. 2 p.258
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Eremomela
Taxonomy Code:  yebere1
Type Locality:  Orange River, South Africa.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

EREMOMELA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Eremomela E. icteropygialis) Gr. ερημος erēmos  desert; μελος melos  song, melody; "23. Eremomela (n. g.) flaviventris ("Sylvia flaviventris Burch." Wahlb.) in schedulis   ...   Hab. in Caffraria superiore, campestri et sylvatica.   Char. generis.  Ala mediocris, vix fornicata, pennis 1—3 gradatis, prima brevi; 3=4.  Rostrum subulatum, acutum, vix incisum (fere Sylviæ trochili), vibrissis obsoletis; naribus Sylviæ.  Tarsi scutati; digiti laterales æquales.  Cauda brevior, leviter emarginata, pennis angustioribus.— Sp. inter Sylvias et Zosteropes mediæ; similes Acanthizis, sed minus pictæ.  A Phyllopneustis præcipue differunt vibrissis vix ullis, rostro acutiore, cauda breviore, linea superciliari non distincta, vel saltem non flava.  Radices nominis: Eρημος, desertum; μελος, carmen, hinc Eremomela, deserti cantor." (Sundevall 1850); "Eremomela Sundevall, 1850, Öfversigt K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 7, p. 102. Type, by original designation, Sylvia flaviventris Burchell [1822 nec Sylvia flaviventris Vieillot, 1817] = Sylvietta icteropygialis Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 196).   
Var. Erenomela.   
Synon. Baeoscelis, Dryodromas, Eremomeloides, Magalilais, Tricholais.

icteropygialis
Gr. ικτερος ikteros jaundice-yellow; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped  < πυγη pugē  rump.

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (alexanderi)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis alexanderi
alexanderi
● Alexander William Milligan (1858-1921) Australian ornithologist, founder member of the RAOU (syn. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa normantoni, syn. Anas castanea, syn. Chenonetta jubata, syn. Pachyptila desolata, syn. Thalassarche chrysostoma).
● Capt. Boyd Francis Alexander (1873-1910) British explorer, collector, ornithologist (subsp. Amadina fasciata, subsp. Eremomela icteropygialis, Falco, subsp. Galerida cristata, syn. Indicator minor senegalensis, subsp. Nigrita luteifrons).
● William Backhouse Alexander (1885-1965) British ornithologist (syn. Diomedea dabbenena).
● Horace Gundry Alexander (1889-1989) British ornithologist, pioneer field observer (subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus).

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (griseoflava)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis griseoflava
griseoflava
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. flavus  yellow.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (abdominalis)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis abdominalis
abdominalis
Mod. L. abdominalis  of the belly, abdominal  < L. abdomen, abdominis  belly.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (polioxantha)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis polioxantha
polioxantha
Gr. πολιος polios grey; ξανθος xanthos yellow.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (puellula)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis puellula
puellula
L. puellula  little girl  < dim. puella  girl  < puellus  little boy  < dim. puer  boy.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (icteropygialis)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis
icteropygialis
Gr. ικτερος ikteros jaundice-yellow; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped  < πυγη pugē  rump.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (helenorae)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis helenorae
helenorae
Helenor Alexander (1869-1898) sister of British explorer Capt. Boyd Alexander (subsp. Eremomela icteropygialis, syn. Poliolais lopezi).

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (perimacha)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis perimacha
perimacha
Gr. περιμαχομαι perimakhomai  to fight around, to surround by battle  < περι peri  all round; μαχομαι makhomai  to fight.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela (saturatior)
SCI Name: Eremomela icteropygialis saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris  more richly coloured, intensely coloured  < saturare  to satisfy  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.