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Trinomen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Main article: Subspecies § Nomenclature This article is about the naming of animals. For the naming of plants and fungi, see Infraspecific name (botany). In zoological nomenclature, a trinomen (plural: trinomina), trinominal name, or ternary name, refers to the name of a subspecies. For example: " Gorilla gorilla gorilla " (Savage, 1847) for the western lowland gorilla (genus Gorilla, species western gorilla). Also, " Bison bison bison " (Linnaeus, 1758) for the plains bison (genus Bison, species American bison). A trinomen is a name with three parts: generic name, specific name and subspecific name. The first two parts alone form the binomen or species name. All three names are typeset in italics, and only the first letter of the generic name is capitalised. No indicator of rank is included: in zoology, subspecies is the only rank below th...

Lanius From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Lanius Great grey shrike Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae Genus: Lanius Linnaeus, 1758 Species Many, see text Lanius , the typical shrikes , are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus. The genus name, Lanius , is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. [1] The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc , "shriek", referring to the shrill call. [2] African species are known as fiscals . That name comes from the Afrikaans word fiskaal ("public official", especially a hangman), because they hang their prey on thorns for storage. Most Lanius species occur in Eurasia...

Passerine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds Passerines Temporal range: Eocene-Recent, 52.5–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Clockwise from top right: Palestine sunbird ( Cinnyris osea ), blue jay ( Cyanocitta cristata ), house sparrow ( Passer domesticus ), great tit ( Parus major ), hooded crow ( Corvus cornix ), southern masked weaver ( Ploceus velatus ) Song of a purple-crowned fairywren ( Malurus coronatus ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade : Psittacopasserae Order: Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758 Suborders Acanthisitti Tyranni Passeri and see text Diversity Roughly 100 families, 6,409 species A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes , which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known a...