Nicobar Jungle-Flycatcher
Nicobar Jungle-Flycatcher
Here the details of the Nicobar Jungle-Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rhinomyias nicobarica Proc.U.S.Natl. Mus. vol. XXV, No. 1288, (17 September 1902) p. 295-296
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Cyornis
Taxonomy Code: nicjuf1
Type Locality: Pulo Kunyi, Great Nicobar.
Author: Richmond
Publish Year: 1902
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CYORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher C. rubeculoides) Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "The following species I separate by the appellation Cyornis, Nobis: having the bill less compressed, the tarsi shorter and together with the toes more feeble, and altogether partaking more of the Flycatcher form; they also have not the brilliant cœrulean spot on the sides of the neck conspicuous in the foregoing group [Chaitaris]. 1. C. rubeculoides; Phœnicura rubeculoides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 35; Chaitaris brevipes, Hodgson. Himalaya ... 2. C. banyumas; Muscicapa banyumas, Horsfield; M. cantatrix, Temminck; M. aurea? Lev., which name would hold precedence; M. rubecula, Swainson, Nat. Libr., the female. Southern India and Malay countries. ... 3. C. Tickelliae, Nobis; M. hyacintha, Tem., apud Tickell, J. A. S. II. 574. ... Inhabits Central India.† ... † Add 4. C. unicolor, Nobis." (Blyth 1843); "Cyornis Blyth, 1843, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 940. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 53), Phoenicura rubeculoides Vigors." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 355).
Var. Cynornis, Cyanornis.
Synon. Addoeca, Olcyornis, Rhinomyias, Rileyornis, Schwaneria.
nicobarensis / nicobarica / nicobaricus / nicobariensis
Nicobar Is.
● “92. COLUMBA. ... nicobarica. 15. C. cauda alba, corpore nigro, remigibus cæruleis, dorso viridi-nitente, pennis colli elongatis. Columba e nicombar. Alb. av. 3. p. 44. t. 47. 48. Habitat in insula Nicombar prope Pegu indicum.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Caloenas).
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)