Herero Chat

Here the details of the Herero Chat named bird below:

SCI Name:  Melaenornis herero
Protonym:  Bradornis herero Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 83(1931) p.449
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code:  hercha1
Type Locality:  Karibib, Damaraland, South West Africa.
Author:  Meyer de Schauensee
Publish Year:  1931
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.

herero
Herero, an indigenous Khoikhoi people of Namibia.