The Key to Scientific Names
- HYLIOTA
(Hyliotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Hyliota H. flavigaster) Gr. ὑλειωτης huleiōtēs forester, an epithet of Pan < ὑλη hulē woodland, forest; “HYLIOTA. ... I cannot, with any certainty, cite a published species as typical of this genus. Yet, from the construction of the wing, I have no doubt that it belongs either to Africa or India.” (Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journal, III, Art. XV, p. 170); "Hyliota, Sw. (fig. 229.h) Bill lengthened, very slightly widened at the base, and much compressed beyond the nostrils. Rictus nearly smooth. Wings, tail, and feet as in Muscicapa; but the middle toe is shorter, and the claws are broader, thicker, and much more curved. Africa: representing Platystera. H. flavigaster. West. Af. ii." (Swainson 1837); "Hyliota Swainson, 1837 (June or July), Nat. Hist. Class. Birds, 2, p. 260, fig. 229h. Type, by original designation, Hyliota flavigaster Swainson." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 219).
Var. Hylicta, Hyliotis.
