The Key to Scientific Names
- oenanthe
L. oenanthe wheatear < Gr. οινανθη oinanthē unidentified bird mentioned by Aristotle, from its appearance in the vintage season < οινη oinē vine; ανθος anthos bloom, associated with the wheatear by later authors; "99. MOTACILLA. ... Oenanthe. 17. M. dorso cano, fronte alba, oculorum fascia nigra. Fn. svec. 217. Oenanthe s. Vitiflora. Jonst. av. 123. t. 45. f. 13. Will. orn. 168. t. 41. f. 4. Raj. av. 75. n. 1. Alb. av. I. p. 53. t. 55. β. Motacilla subtus pallida, rectricibus introrsum albis, dorso undulato. Fn. svec. 219. Oenanthes vitifloræ femina. Alb. av. 3. p. 50. t. 54. Habitat in Europæ apricis lapidosis. Sexu & ætate varia: cessante nocturno frigore advenit." (Linnaeus 1758) (Oenanthe) (see vitiflora).
- OENANTHE
(Muscicapidae; † Northern Wheatear O. oenanthe) Specific name Motacilla oenanthe Linnaeus, 1758; "MOTTEUX, Œnanthe. Motacilla, Linn. Silvia et Turdus, Lath. Bec plus haut que large à la base, droit, très-fendu; mandibule supérieure un peu obtuse, courbée et échancrée à la pointe; l'inférieure plus courte, droite, pointue. — Ailes à penne batarde; la deuxième remige la plus longue. Esp. Motteux, Buff. — Turdus leucurus, Lath." (Vieillot 1816); "Oenanthe Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Motteux" Buffon = Turdus leucurus Gmelin." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 121); "OENANTHE Vieillot, 1816 F — "Le Motteux" Buffon; type by tautonymy = Motacilla oenanthe Linnaeus, 1758" (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 610).
Var. Oeanthe, Ananthe, Aenante, Aenanthe, Aenanthus.
Synon. Campicola, Cercomela, Lucotoa, Penthodyta, Pentholaea, Philothamna, Saxicola, Sciocincla, Vitiflora.- Peneoenanthe
(Petroicidae; syn. Eopsaltria Ϯ Mangrove Robin E. pulverulenta leucura) L. pene almost; genus Oenanthe Vieillot, 1816, wheatear; “GENUS — PENEŒNANTHE gen. nov. Type. . . . . .Eopsaltria leucura Gould. THE Mangrove Robin has the tail of a similar style to that of a Wheatear, and as recently Hartert and Ogilvie-Grant have decided that a series of so-called Pœcilodryas from New Guinea should be called Wheatears, I suggest this is another variant from the same stock. It has been classed as Eopsaltria and Pœcilodryas, and more recently I placed it with Eopsaltria georgiana in Quoyornis. I find, however, that while the latter is more closely related to the Eopsaltria form, the present species recalls the Pachycephaline species. I, therefore, separate it as above to keep the matter well in view, so that its nature can be ascertained. The bill is long and thin, somewhat keeled, the tip decurved and projecting; the rictal bristles not very prominent. The wing is long with the first primary short but more than half the length of the second which is shorter than the seventh; the third, fourth, fifth and sixth are longest and subequal, the third usually a little shorter but longer than the seventh. The tail is long and square, while the legs are fairly strong. The coloration is grey above and white below with a grey breast-band and white throat-patch.” (Mathews 1920); "Peneoenanthe Mathews, 1920, Birds Australia, 8, p. 273. Type, by original designation, Eopsaltria leucura Gould." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 573).
