Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus Scientific name definitions
Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 25, 2013
Text last updated June 25, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | pinsà oriolí |
Dutch | Wielewaalvink |
English | Oriole Finch |
English (United States) | Oriole Finch |
French | Linurge loriot |
French (France) | Linurge loriot |
German | Pirolgimpel |
Japanese | キンエリヒワ |
Norwegian | pirolfink |
Polish | krasnodziób |
Russian | Иволговый вьюрок |
Serbian | Vugasta zeba |
Slovak | vlhárik čiernohlavý |
Spanish | Canario Oropéndola |
Spanish (Spain) | Canario oropéndola |
Swedish | gyllingfink |
Turkish | Sarıasma İsketesi |
Ukrainian | Івуд |
Linurgus olivaceus (Fraser, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Coccothraustes olivaceus
Fraser, 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1842), Part 1, 0 no.117, p. 144.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Clarence, Fernando Po.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LINURGUS
- olivaceum / olivaceus
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.
Present arrangement of races possibly comprises more than one species, with nominate and kilimensis being quite divergent genetically (others not sampled) (1), but a more detailed and comprehensive analysis of all populations is required before determining species limits. Four subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Linurgus olivaceus olivaceus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE Nigeria, W Cameroon and Bioko.
Linurgus olivaceus olivaceus (Fraser, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Coccothraustes olivaceus
Fraser, 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1842), Part 1, 0 no.117, p. 144.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Clarence, Fernando Po.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LINURGUS
- olivaceum / olivaceus
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
Linurgus olivaceus prigoginei Scientific name definitions
Distribution
E DRCongo, extreme SW Uganda, W Rwanda and W Burundi.
Linurgus olivaceus prigoginei Schouteden, 1950
PROTONYM:
Linurgus olivaceus prigoginei
Schouteden, 1950. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44, p. 117.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nzombe, 1,810 m. [, 40 km. east of Kamituga, Kivu District, Belgian Congo, fide Chapin, 1954, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75 B, p. 584].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LINURGUS
- olivaceum / olivaceus
- prigoginei
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
Linurgus olivaceus elgonensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE South Sudan, E Uganda and W and C Kenya.
Linurgus olivaceus elgonensis Van Someren, 1918
PROTONYM:
Linurgus elgonensis
Van Someren, 1918. Novitates Zoologicae 25, p. 283.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mt. Elgon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LINURGUS
- olivaceum / olivaceus
- elgonense / elgonensis
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
Linurgus olivaceus kilimensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
extreme SC Kenya (Mt Ol Doinyo Orok, in Namanga Hills), Tanzania and N Malawi.
Linurgus olivaceus kilimensis (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)
PROTONYM:
Hyphantospiza kilimensis
Reichenow & Neumann, 1895. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 3, p. 74.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kifinika Hutte, Kilima Ndscharo, 3,000 m. (i.e. Kilimanjaro).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LINURGUS
- olivaceum / olivaceus
- kilimense / kilimensis
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.