Sunda Robin
Sunda Robin
Here the details of the Sunda Robin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lanius (Notodela) diana Voy.Ind.Orient.[Belanger] Zool. pt4 p.246 pl.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myiomela
Taxonomy Code: sunrob1
Type Locality: Pegu [errore = Java, vide Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, p. 25].
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYIOMELA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ White-tailed Blue Robin M. leucura) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; μελω melō to take an interest in; "MYIOMELA Hodgs.* ... *Originally established in 1845, by Mr Hodgson, under the name of Muscisylvia (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845); which word, having been previously employed, is changed to the above." (G. Gray 1846).
Synon. Muscisylvia, Notodela, Sholicola.
diana
Roman myth. Diana, the huntress, virgin goddess of the moon and the chase (Myiomela).
SUBSPECIES
Sunda Robin (Sumatran)
SCI Name: Myiomela diana sumatrana
sumatrae / sumatrana / sumatranum / sumatranus / sumatrensis
Sumatra, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia < Sanskrit Samudra sea (a name subsequently mangled by European travellers).
● ex “Malacca Partridge” of Latham 1823 (syn. Caloperdix oculeus).
● Perhaps the “Polo Condor Gull” of Latham 1801 (Sterna).
● Erroneous TL. Sumatra (= Celebes / Sulawesi) (Tanygnathus).
Sunda Robin (Javan)
SCI Name: Myiomela diana diana
diana
Roman myth. Diana, the huntress, virgin goddess of the moon and the chase (Myiomela).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)