The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Aprunella

(Prunellidaesyn. Prunella Ϯ Maroon-backed Accentor P. immaculata) Gr. intensive prefix α-  a-;  genus Prunella Vieillot, 1816, accentor; "Aprunella gen. nov.   ...   Apr. immaculata (HODGS.) 1845." (Bianchi 1904); "Aprunella Bianchi, 1904, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 9, p. 118. Type, by monotypy, Accentor immaculatus Hodgson." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 3).


PRUNELLA

(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle  Dunnock  < dim. braun  brown (cf. Med. L. burneta  hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle.  ...  Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner.  Motacilla, Linn. Gm.  Sylvia, Lath.  Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue.  Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.


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