Yellow-cheeked Tit

SCI Name:  Machlolophus spilonotus
Protonym:  Parus spilonotus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.228
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Machlolophus
Taxonomy Code:  yectit1
Type Locality:  Darjeeling;
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-cheeked Tit (spilonotus)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus
spilonota / spilonotum / spilonotus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

Yellow-cheeked Tit (subviridis)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus subviridis
subviridis
L. subviridis  somewhat green, greenish  < sub  beneath, somewhat; viridis  green  < virere  to be green (cf. Mod. L. subviridis  pale green).

Yellow-cheeked Tit (rex)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus rex
rex
L. rex, regis  king  < regere  to rule (e.g. larger, crowned, with more colourful or regal plumage).
● ex “Roi des Oiseaux de Paradis” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Cicinnurus regius).
● ex “Roi des fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702, and “King Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Grallaria varia).
● ex “Perroquet Lori Radhia” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Lorius domicella).
● King I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Pardalotus quadragintus, subsp. Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera).
● Carlos Fernando Francisco de Assis de Bragança Sabóia Bourbon y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha Duque de Bragança and King of Portugal (1863-1908; reigned 1889-1908 assassinated) (subsp. Stactolaema anchietae).

Yellow-cheeked Tit (basileus)
SCI Name: Machlolophus spilonotus basileus
basileus
Gr. βασιλευς basileus king.