Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens Scientific name definitions
Lincoln Fishpool and Joseph A. Tobias
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2005
Text last updated January 1, 2005
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | bulbul cua-rogenc |
Dutch | Zingende Gabonloofbuulbuul |
English | Leaf-love |
English (United States) | Leaf-love |
French | Bulbul à queue rousse |
French (France) | Bulbul à queue rousse |
German | Uferbülbül |
Japanese | チャイロコノハヒヨドリ |
Norwegian | bladbylbyl |
Polish | jasnobrzuch siwogłowy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Bulbul-verde-das-folhas |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Tuta-rabirruiva |
Russian | Горихвостковый бюльбюль |
Slovak | afrobyl sivohlavý |
Spanish | Bulbul Colirrojizo |
Spanish (Spain) | Bulbul colirrojizo |
Swedish | vattenbulbyl |
Turkish | Rafya Yaprakbülbülü |
Ukrainian | Торо сивоголовий |
Phyllastrephus scandens Swainson, 1837
PROTONYM:
Phyllastrephus scandens
Swainson, 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1, p.270 pl.30.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHYLLASTREPHUS
- scandens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Proposed races acedis (R Ogobai, in Gabon) and upembae (S DRCongo) not satisfactorily distinguishable from orientalis (former averages darker above with more rufous tail, latter has paler browner tail). Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Phyllastrephus scandens scandens Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Gambia and SW Senegal, E Guinea-Bissau and W Guinea E to N Cameroon.
Phyllastrephus scandens scandens Swainson, 1837
PROTONYM:
Phyllastrephus scandens
Swainson, 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1, p.270 pl.30.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHYLLASTREPHUS
- scandens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
SUBSPECIES
Phyllastrephus scandens orientalis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
N Cameroon E to extreme S South Sudan, and S to S Congo and W and S DRCongo (scattered localities in Kwango, Kasai and Katanga); also C Uganda, extreme NE Rwanda, extreme W Tanzania and recently NE Angola (at least Lagoa Carumbo and Capaia in Luanda Norte (1) ).
Phyllastrephus scandens orientalis (Hartlaub, 1883)
PROTONYM:
Xenocichla orientalis
Hartlaub, 1883. Journal für Ornithologie 31. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 11. Band, IV. Heft, No. 164, p. 425.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tamaja [= Tomaja, upper Uele].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHYLLASTREPHUS
- scandens
- orientale / orientalis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.