Violet-backed Hyliota

Here the details of the Violet-backed Hyliota named bird below:

SCI Name:  Hyliota violacea
Protonym:  Hyliota violacea Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 3 p.308
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hyliotidae / Hyliota
Taxonomy Code:  vibhyl1
Type Locality:  Gabon.
Author:  Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E
Publish Year:  1851
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HYLIOTA
(Hyliotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Hyliota H. flavigaster) Gr. ὑλειωτης huleiōtēs forester, an epithet of Pan  < ὑλη hulē  woodland, forest; "Hyliota, Sw. (fig. 229.h)   Bill lengthened, very slightly widened at the base, and much compressed beyond the nostrils.  Rictus nearly smooth.  Wings, tail, and feet as in Muscicapa; but the middle toe is shorter, and the claws are broader, thicker, and much more curved.   Africa: representing Platystera.    H. flavigaster. West. Af. ii." (Swainson 1837); "Hyliota Swainson, 1837 (June or July), Nat. Hist. Class. Birds, 2, p. 260, fig. 229h.  Type, by original designation, Hyliota flavigaster Swainson." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 219).
Var. Hyliotis.

violacea
L. violaceus  violet-coloured, violaceous  < viola  violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  violacea.  12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba.  Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).

SUBSPECIES

Violet-backed Hyliota (nehrkorni)
SCI Name: Hyliota violacea nehrkorni
nehrkorni
Adolph Nehrkorn (1841-1916) German oologist, collector (Dicaeum, subsp. Edolisoma tenuirostre, subsp. Hyliota violacea, Neolesbia, subsp. Sittiparus semilarvatus, ‡Zosterops).

Violet-backed Hyliota (violacea)
SCI Name: Hyliota violacea violacea
violacea
L. violaceus  violet-coloured, violaceous  < viola  violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  violacea.  12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba.  Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).