Mangrove Robin
Mangrove Robin
Here the details of the Mangrove Robin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiolestes pulverulentus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.358
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Eopsaltria
Taxonomy Code: manrob1
Type Locality: New Guinea = Utanata River, southern New Guinea, fide Mayr, 1941, List New Guinea Birds, p. 143
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EOPSALTRIA
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Eastern Yellow Robin E. australis) Gr. εως eōs or ηως ēōs dawn; ψαλτρια psaltria singer < ψαλλω psallō to sing, to play the lyre; the loud, whistled calls of the Eastern Yellow Robin are the first of the dawn chorus; "32. Sub-genus, EÖPSALTRIA *. (Generis Pachycephalæ, Sw.) Rostrum Pachycephalæ sed majus elongatum, rectum; apice adunca, gonyde recta; basi vibrissis paucis cinctum. Alæ longiusculæ, remigibus tribus prioribus gradatis. Pedes graciles. Tarsi elevati. Ungues longi. Digiti laterales valde inæquales; duo exteriores basi connexi. Hallux elongatus sed digito medio brevior. Cauda longiuscula, æqualis. Type.—Yellow-breasted Thrush. LEWIN, Birds of N. S. W., pl. 23. (Muscicapa Australis, AUCT.) ... * Th. εως Aurora, et ψαλτρια cantatrix." (Swainson 1831); "Eopsaltria Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 2 (1831), p. 492. Type, by original designation, Motacilla australis J. White." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 571).
Var. Eoepsaltria, Eiopsaltria, Eöpsaltria.
pulverulenta / pulverulentus
L. pulverulentus dusty, powdered < pulvis, pulveris dust.
● ex “Meunier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 861, “Meunier” or “Crick poudré” of de Buffon 1765-1781, and “Mealy Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona farinosa).
SUBSPECIES
Mangrove Robin (pulverulenta)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta pulverulenta
pulverulenta / pulverulentus
L. pulverulentus dusty, powdered < pulvis, pulveris dust.
● ex “Meunier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 861, “Meunier” or “Crick poudré” of de Buffon 1765-1781, and “Mealy Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona farinosa).
Mangrove Robin (leucura)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta leucura
leucura
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros white-tailed < λευκος leukos white; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “White-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiomela leucura).
● ex “White-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Oenanthe).
● ex “Gros-bec du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 135, fig. 1 (subsp. Pinicola enucleator).
● ex “Black Sandpiper” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1787 (syn. Tringa ochropus).
Mangrove Robin (cinereiceps)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta cinereiceps
cinereiceps
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
Mangrove Robin (alligator)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta alligator
alligator
Alligator Rivers Region (East Alligator River, West Alligator River, South Alligator River), Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.
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)