Chat Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Here the details of the Chat Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Saxicola infuscata Ill.Zool.S.Afr. pl.28
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Agricola
Taxonomy Code: chafly2
Type Locality: between the Olifants and Orange Rivers, South Africa; restricted to Booisberg, near Nuwerus, western Cape Province, by Winterbottom, 1958, Ostrich, 29, p. 157.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AGRICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Chat Flycatcher A. infuscatus) L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in; "Agricola, sagement créé par le voyageur-naturaliste Jules Verreaux, pour Saxicola infuscata, et une seconde espèce de moitié plus petite, lui ressemblant par la couleur (Sax. baroica, Sm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Agricola Bonaparte, 1854, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVIII, p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 143 (Appendix)), Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Haganopsornis.
agricola
L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields, countryman, peasant < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in.
infuscata / infuscatus
L. infuscatus dusky < infuscare to make dark < infuscus dusky, blackish.
● ex “Curucáu Afeytado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 365 (Phimosus).
● ex “Perroquet à franges souci” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Poicephalus robustus).
SUBSPECIES
Chat Flycatcher (benguellensis)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus benguellensis
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.
Chat Flycatcher (namaquensis)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus namaquensis
namaqua / namaquensis / namaquus
Namaqualand, Namibia.
● ex “Namaqua Grous” of Latham 1783 (Pterocles).
Chat Flycatcher (placidus)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus placidus
placida / placidus
L. placidus quiet, placid, gentle < placere to please.
Chat Flycatcher (seimundi)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus seimundi
seimundi
Eibert Carl Henry Seimund (?1878-1942) British taxidermist, collector in South Africa 1899-1903, Fernando Póo 1904, and Malaya 1906-1916 (subsp. Agricola infuscatus, Anthreptes, syn. Aplopelia simplex, Treron).
Chat Flycatcher (infuscatus)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus infuscatus
infuscata / infuscatus
L. infuscatus dusky < infuscare to make dark < infuscus dusky, blackish.
● ex “Curucáu Afeytado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 365 (Phimosus).
● ex “Perroquet à franges souci” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Poicephalus robustus).
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)