Yellow-throated Longclaw / Macronyx croceus
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Yellow-throated Longclaw
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alauda crocea Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 1 p.365
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Motacillidae / Macronyx
Taxonomy Code: yetlon1
Type Locality: Java (error) = Senegal (apud Swainson).
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MACRONYX
(Motacillidae; Ϯ Orange-throated Longclaw M. capensis) Gr. μακρος makros long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw; "MACRONYX. ... Bill moderate, straight, the culmen slightly arched. Nostrils naked, large, the aperture oblong. Wings rather short, the four first quills equal and longest. Tail slightly rounded. Feet long; the lateral scales of the tarsi entire; the nail of the hind toe very long and curved. Type. L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." (Swainson 1827); "Macronyx Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, "L'Alouette sentinelle" of Levaillant = Alauda capensis Linnaeus" (White in Peters 1960, IX, 142).
macronyx
Gr. μακρος makros long, great; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw, nail.
croceus
L. croceus saffron-coloured, yellow, golden < crocus crocus, saffron < Gr. κροκος krokos crocus, saffron.
● ex “Coq de Roche” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Felsenhahn” of Walch 1777 (syn. Rupicola rupicola).
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)
