Black-and-white Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Here the details of the Black-and-white Warbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Motacilla varia Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.333
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Mniotilta
Taxonomy Code: bawwar
Type Locality: Jamaica and Santo Domingo; restricted to Santo Domingo by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1910, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, p. 304.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MNIOTILTA
(Parulidae; Ϯ Black-and-white Warbler M. varia) Gr. μνιον mnion seaweed (doubtless an error for μνιοεις mnioeis moss); τιλλω tillō to pluck; "Vieillot wrote sometimes mniotilta, sometimes mniotilla. The conjectured application is to the weaving of moss into a nest." (Coues 1882); "MNIOTILTE, Mniotilta. Motacilla, Lin. Sylvia, Lath. Bec court, grêle, droit, entier, comprimé; mandibules égales, aiguës. — Pouce grêle, alongé. Esp. Figuier varié, Buff. ... Mniotilta [μνιον, muscus, τιλλω, vello]." (Vieillot 1816); "Mniotilta Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 45. Type, by monotypy, "Figuier varié" Buffon = Motacilla varia Linnaeus." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters 1968, XIV, 4).
Var. Mniotilla.
Synon. Niniotello, Oxyglossus.
varia
L. varius various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Ispida ex albo et nigro varia” of Brisson 1760, and “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Ceryle rudis).
● ex “Roi des Fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702 (Grallaria).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Megaceryle maxima).
● "114. MOTACILLA. ... varia. 23. M. albo nigroque maculata, fasciis alarum duabus albis, cauda bifida. Ficedula dominicensis varia. Briss. av. 3. p. 529. t. 27. f. 5. Muscicapa fusco & albo varia. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 309. t. 265. f. 1. Raj. av. 186. Habitat in Jamaica, Dominica." (Linnaeus 1766) (Mniotilta).
● ex “Pardali bellonii congener” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and “Vanellus varius” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pluvialis squatarola).
● ex “Motacilla velia” of Desmarest 1805 (syn. Tangara velia).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 301, fig. 1 (Tangara).
● ex “Varied Parrakeet” of Latham 1785 (syn.Vini peruviana).
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)