The name combines Quoy's name with the Ancient Greek "ornis" 'bird'. The generic name combines a reference to Shenzhou 7 with a Greek "ornis", "bird". The generic name "Sericornis" derives from Ancient Greek "serikos" 'silk' and "ornis" 'bird'. The name combines the Ancient Greek words "ampelos" "vine" and "ornis" "bird". Published from Hyderabad, the publication is owned by New Ornis Foundation. The generic name comes from the Latin "Sino~", 'China' and the Greek "ornis", 'bird'. The journal was established in 1970 as "Ornis Scandinavica" and appeared quarterly. The name comes from the Greek "amauros", meaning "dusky" or "brown" and "ornis", meaning "bird". The genus name was from the Greek "harpax", meaning "grappling hook", and "ornis", meaning "bird". His work "Ornis Romaniae" consisted of 924 pages and covered 347 bird species of Romania.