Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher / Terpsiphone rufocinerea

Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

Here the details of the Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Protonym:  Terpsiphone rufocinerea J.Orn. 23 p.236
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae /
Taxonomy Code:  rvpfly1
Type Locality:  Tschintschoscho (= Chinchoxo), Portuguese Congo (= Cabinda).
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Publish Year:  1875
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DEFINITIONS

TERPSIPHONE
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Indian Paradise-flycatcher T. paradisi) Gr. τερψι terpsi  delighting in  < τερπω terpō  to delight; φονος phonos  murder (cf. φωνη phōnē  voice); "Muscipeta, Cuv. — Terpsiphöne, f.   Muscipeta zu ähnlich und ganz gleich bedeutend mit Muscicapa. — Terpsiphŏne (necando gaudens) — nicht Terpsiphōne (voce laeta), von ihrem schnellen, muntern Jagem nach Insekten und ihrem fröhlichen Wesen." (Gloger 1827); "Terpsiphone Gloger, 1827, in Froriep, Notizen, 16, col. 278. New name for Muscipeta Cuvier, 1817, preoccupied by Muscipeta Koch, 1816 = Acrocephalus Naumann, 1811." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 478-479).
Var. Terpsichore (Gr. myth. Terpsichore, the Muse of the dance; τερψιχορος terpsikhoros  delighting in the dance).
Synon. Callaeops, Monedula, Muscipeta, Neoxeocephus, Tchitrea, Xeocephus.

rufocinerea / rufocinereum / rufocinereus
L. rufus  rufous; cinereus  ash-grey  < cinis, cineris  ashes.