Ripleyornis, Voelker, Gary, Bowie, Rauri C. K. & Conway, Kevin W., 2016

Voelker, Gary, Bowie, Rauri C. K. & Conway, Kevin W., 2016, Replacement names for Chapinia and Ripleyia (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), Zootaxa 4107 (4), pp. 599-599 : 599

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.4.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8ADEF2E1-CC52-474D-86A7-E61165C169FA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6080845
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887F6-FF9F-A741-AEA3-CDDEFAA9FAEA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ripleyornis
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Ripleyornis , new replacement name

Type species: Muscicapa ruficauda Swainson, 1838

Etymology: A combination of the surname Ripley and the Greek ὄρνις (Ornis), a bird, and a common suffix for bird genera. This name honors S. Dillon Ripley, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for his extensive work on the birds of India and southern Asia. Gender masculine.

Remarks: Replacement name for Ripleyia Voelker & Bowie in Voelker, Huntley, Peñalba & Bowie, 2016.