Angola Slaty-Flycatcher
Angola Slaty-Flycatcher
Here the details of the Angola Slaty-Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dioptrornis brunnea J.Orn. 35 p.92
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code: angslf1
Type Locality: Angola = Pungo Andongo, Malanje, Angola.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1886
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.
brunneus
Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown.
● ex “Mauvis de la Caroline” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 556, fig. 2 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).
SUBSPECIES
Angola Slaty-Flycatcher (brunneus)
SCI Name: Melaenornis brunneus brunneus
brunneus
Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown.
● ex “Mauvis de la Caroline” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 556, fig. 2 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).
Angola Slaty-Flycatcher (bailunduensis)
SCI Name: Melaenornis brunneus bailunduensis
bailundensis / bailunduensis
Bailundo, Benguela, Angola.
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)