Papuan Flycatcher
Papuan Flycatcher
Here the details of the Papuan Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Microeca papuana Sitz.Abh.Naturwiss.Ges.IsisDresden p.75
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Microeca
Taxonomy Code: canfly2
Type Locality: Arfak Mountains.
Author: Meyer, AB
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MICROECA
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Jacky Winter M. fascinans assimilis) Gr. μικρος mikros small; οικα oika to be like (cf. “They build tiny shallow nests - the smallest of any Australian bird ... Their generic name Microeca is derived from the Greek micros, small, and oikos, house” (Pizzey & Knight 2007); the nidification and habits of the Jacky Winter are not referred to in the original description); “A new species from Swan River, which, with the Muscicapa macroptera of Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield, I propose to erect into a new genus under the name of Micrœca. Genus MICRŒCA. Characteres generici.—Rostrum quam caput brevius, depressum, ad basin latum, gonyide recto, apice incurvo et leviter denticulato. Nares rotundatæ, ad basin rostri vibrissis validis instructam positæ. Alæ longæ et fortes, remigum primo brevi, terti longissimo. Cauda aliquanto brevis, et fere quadrata. Tarsi mediocres, debiles. Digiti debiles; externus quam internus valde longior. As the species now exhibited closely assimilates to the M. macroptera, I propose to designate it as MICRŒCA ASSIMILIS. ... Nearly allied to but much less in size than Muscicapa macroptera Vig. and Horsf.”(Gould 1841); "Microeca Gould, 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1840), p. 172. Type, by monotypy, Microeca assimilis Gould." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 557).
Var. Micraeca, Micrueca.
Synon. Kempia.
papuana
Papua or New Guinea.
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)