Silverbird

Here the details of the Silverbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Melaenornis semipartitus
Protonym:  Muscicapa semipartita NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.107 pl.40 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code:  silver1
Type Locality:  Gondar, Abyssinia.
Author:  Rüppell
Publish Year:  1840
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELAENORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Northern Black Flycatcher M. edolioides) Gr. μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "MELAENORNIS, n.  Melasoma ^a, Swains.  M. Edolioïdes, (Swains.) n.  Nat. Libr. B. of W. Afr., pl. 29.   ...   ^a Used in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Melaenornis G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 35. New name for Melasoma Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Melasoma Dillwyn, 1831." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 296).   
Var. Melaehornis, Meloenornis.   
Synon. Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Melanopepla, Melasoma, Namibornis, Sigelus, Siopornis.

semipartita / semipartitus
L. semi-  half-  < semis, semissis  half  < as, assis  whole; partitus  divided  < partire  to divide.