Forest Robin

Here the details of the Forest Robin named bird below:

SCI Name:  Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Protonym:  Stiphrornis erythrothorax J.Orn. 3 p.355
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Stiphrornis
Taxonomy Code:  forrob1
Type Locality:  Dabocrom.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

STIPHRORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Orange-breasted Forest Robin S. erythrothorax) Gr. στιφρος stiphros  sturdy, stout; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "10. Stiphrornis *) erythrothorax Temm.   ...   11. Stiphrornis superciliaris Temm.  ...  Weniger typische Art.   ...   *Rostrum mediocre, rectum, crassiusculum, apicem versus subcompressum, subemarginatum; setis rictalibus nullis. Alae breviusculae, caudae basin vix superantes, rem. tertia longiss. Cauda breviuscula, aequalis. Pedes graciles; tarsi satis elongati; digiti longi, graciles, unguibus longiusculis, tenuibus.   Diese eigenthümliche Form wäre im System etwa bei Chloropeda Smith zu placiren." (Hartlaub 1855); "Stiphrornis Hartlaub, 1855, Journ. f. Orn., 3, p. 355. Type, by original designation [i.e. by implication], Stiphrornis erythrothorax Hartlaub (ex Temminck MS)." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 33).
Var. Stiphornis.

erythrothorax
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Perroquet Langlois” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (artefact).

Erythrothorax
(Fringillidae; syn. Carpodacus † Common Rosefinch C. erythrina) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate; "Karmingimpel. Erythrothorax, Br.  ...  Der rothstirnige Karmingimpel.  Erythrothorax rubrifrons, Br. (Loxia erythrina, Pallas. N. W. IV. Th. Taf. 113, 1, 2.)" (Brehm 1831); "Erythrothorax Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vög. Deutschl., p. 248, 1831—obviously proposed as a new name for Erythrina Brehm, previously used in Botany." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 151) (see Erythrina).

SUBSPECIES

Forest Robin (Western)
SCI Name: Stiphrornis erythrothorax erythrothorax
erythrothorax
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Perroquet Langlois” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (artefact).

Forest Robin (Gabon)
SCI Name: Stiphrornis erythrothorax gabonensis
gabonense / gabonensis / gabonica / gabonicus / gaboonensis
Gaboon / Gabon.

Forest Robin (Sangha)
SCI Name: Stiphrornis erythrothorax sanghensis
sanghensis
Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve, Central African Republic.

Forest Robin (Olive-backed)
SCI Name: Stiphrornis erythrothorax pyrrholaemus
PYRRHOLAEMUS
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ Redthroat P. brunneus) Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; λαιμος laimos  throat; "A small bird inhabiting the scrubs of the River Murray. It is a new form, nearly allied to Acanthiza. The generic term is suggested by the ruddy colouring of the throat.  Genus PYRRHOLÆMUS.  Characteres generici.—Rostrum quam caput brevius, ad latera paulo compressum, ad apicem denticulo vix notando, vibrissis parvulis ad basin, naribus linearibus et operculo tectis.  Alæ breves, rotundatæ, remigum primo perbrevi, tertio longissimo.  Cauda brevis, rotundata, concava.  Tarsi mediocres; digitus externus quam internus longior.    PYRRHOLÆMUS BRUNNEUS.  Pyrrh. superne brunneus; gutture rufo.   ...  The female differs in having no red on the throat" (Gould 1841); "Pyrrholaemus Gould, 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1840), p. 173. Type, by monotypy, Pyrrholaemus brunneus Gould." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 426).
Var. Pyrrholoemus, Pyrrholaimus.
Synon. Chthonicola.

Forest Robin (Eastern)
SCI Name: Stiphrornis erythrothorax xanthogaster
xanthogaster / xanthogastra / xanthogastrus
Gr. ξανθος xanthos  yellow; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.