The Key to Scientific Names
- ANDROPADUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Sombre Greenbul A. importunus) Gr. ανηρ anēr, ανδρος andros man; οπαδος opados attendant, following; the Sombre Greenbul was considered to be a nuisance, since it followed hunters and alerted other birds and game by its constant chattering (see importunus) (pace Hockey et al. 2005: “from andros = male, and padus = tree, = ‘man of the trees’); "ANDROPADUS*, SWAINS. Rostrum breve; mandibula superiori apicem versus serrata. Setæ collo impositæ. Bill short; the upper mandible serrated near the tip. Neck with setaceous hairs. Type. — L'importan [sic], LE VAILL., iii, p. 41, pl. 106, f. 2. ... *Th, ανηρ vir, et οπαδος comes, adsectator." (Swainson 1832); "Andropadus Swainson in Swainson and Richardson, 1832, Fauna Boreali-Americana, pt. 2, Birds (1831), p. 485. Type, by original designation, "L'Importun" of Levaillant = Turdus importunus Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2022).
Var. Andropus, Ardropadus.
Synon. Charitillas, Polyodon.
