Olive Whistler
Olive Whistler
Here the details of the Olive Whistler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pachycephala olivacea Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 15(1826) p.241
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Pachycephala
Taxonomy Code: oliwhi1
Type Locality: no type locality; Tasmania designated by Mathews, 1920, Birds Australia, 8, p. 261.
Author: Vigors & Horsfield
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PACHYCEPHALA
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Golden Whistler P. pectoralis) Gr. παχυς pakhus large, thick; κεφαλη kephalē head; from the appearance of their large rounded heads the Indomalayan and Australasian whistlers were formerly known as 'thickheads'; "The interval betweeen the present groups and those of the Pari, where we entered on the family [Pipridæ], appears to be filled up by a race of birds peculiar to New Holland, and hitherto uncharacterized, of which the Muscicapa pectoralis, Lath. is the type*. These, uniting many external characters, at least, both of the Berry-Eaters and Flycatchers, exhibit also in general appearance a considerable resemblance to the Pari, and will be found, I conjecture, to be the connecting bond between all these groups. ... * Mr. Swainson has lately formed this group into a genus by the name of Pachycephala. Nov. 1824." (Vigors 1825); "Genus. PACHYCEPHALA*. Swains. MSS. ... Caput tumidiusculum. ... In their general appearance some of the species exhibit a resemblance to the birds of the genus Procnias, Ill., while by the puffed-out appearance of the feathers about the head, we trace an approximation to some of the Linnean Pari. ... * παχυς crassus, and κεφαλη caput" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827).
Var. Pachycephalus.
Synon. Alisterornis, Gilbertornis, Hylocharis, Hyloterpe, Lewinornis, Malacolestes, Mattingleya, Musciterpe, Muscitrea, Mutevodia, Pachycilodryas, Psaltricephus, Pucherania, Timixos.
olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).
SUBSPECIES
Olive Whistler (macphersoniana)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea macphersoniana
macphersoniana / macphersonianus
Macpherson Range, southern Queensland, Australia.
Olive Whistler (olivacea)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea olivacea
olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).
Olive Whistler (bathychroa)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea bathychroa
bathychroa
Gr. βαθυχρους bathukhrous deep-coloured < βαθυς bathus deep; χροα khroa, χροας khroas appearance, colour < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos complexion.
Olive Whistler (apatetes)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea apatetes
apatetes
Gr. απατητης apatētēs deceiver < απαταω apataō to deceive < απατη apatē trick.
Olive Whistler (hesperus)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea hesperus
hesperus
Gr. ἑσπερος hesperos evening star, western (cf. Gr. myth Hesperos, stargazing son of Eos and who was changed into the evening star Venus).
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)