Sangihe Whistler

Here the details of the Sangihe Whistler named bird below:

SCI Name:  Coracornis sanghirensis
Protonym:  Pinarolestes sanghirensis Bull.Soc.Philom.(7), 5 p.80
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Coracornis
Taxonomy Code:  sansht1
Type Locality:  Petta Island, Sangi Island.
Author:  Oustalet
Publish Year:  1881
IUCN Status:  Critically Endangered

DEFINITIONS

CORACORNIS
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Maroon-backed Whistler C. raveni) Gr. κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos  raven (i.e. after H. C. Raven (see raveni)); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Coracornis, † gen. nov.  Apparently related to Pachycephala Vigors and Horsfield but the rictal bristles longer; the outer primary proportionally longer and broader; rectrices broader, bluntly pointed (instead of obliquely rounded), and the webs at the end semi-decomposed, giving a softer texture to the feathers; nostril oval and parallel with the tomia (instead of short ovate and oblique); and color pattern entirely different.    Type and only known species— Coracornis raveni.   Coracornis raveni, † sp. nov.   Type, adult male   ...   Rano Rano, Celebes, December 23, 1917.  Collected by H. C. Raven   ...   † Named in honor of H. C. Raven." (Riley 1918); "Coracornis Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol. xxxi. p. 157, 1918.  Type (by original designation [and monotypy]): C. raveni Riley." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 662).

sanghirana / sanghirense / sanghirensis / sangirensis
Sanghir I., Dutch East Indies / Sangihe I., Indonesia.