Fairy Flycatcher
Fairy Flycatcher
Here the details of the Fairy Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa scita Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.474
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Stenostiridae / Stenostira
Taxonomy Code: faifly1
Type Locality: Lower Orange River ex Levaillant (cf. Lawson, 1962, Durban Mus. Novit., 6, p. 217).
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
STENOSTIRA
(Stenostiridae; Ϯ Fairy Flycatcher S. scita) Gr. στηνος stēnos narrow, thin; στειρα steira ship’s beak, forepart of keel; alluding to the thin, narrow bill of the Fairy Flycatcher; "671. Stenostira, Caban. et Bp. 1850. (Platystira, p. Sw.) Africa. 1. MUSCICAPA scita, Vieill. (tenella, Licht. - Platysteira longipes, Sw. - scita, Gr.) Lev. Afr. iv. t. 154. - Nat. Libr. x. Flycatch. t. 21. ex Afr. mer." (Cabanis & Bonaparte 1850); "Stenostira Cabanis and Bonaparte, 1850, in Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 316. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa scita Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 172).
Synon. Empidivora, Muscylvia.
scita
L. scitus pretty, fine < sciscere to approve by voting.
● ex "Mignard" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 154, figs. 1-2 (Stenostira).
SUBSPECIES
Fairy Flycatcher (scita)
SCI Name: Stenostira scita scita
scita
L. scitus pretty, fine < sciscere to approve by voting.
● ex "Mignard" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 154, figs. 1-2 (Stenostira).
Fairy Flycatcher (rudebecki)
SCI Name: Stenostira scita rudebecki
rudebecki
Dr Gustaf Edvard Rudebeck (1913-2005) Swedish ornithologist, at Transvaal Mus. 1950-1951, 1954-1956 (subsp. Stenostira scita).
Fairy Flycatcher (saturatior)
SCI Name: Stenostira scita saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris more richly coloured, intensely coloured < saturare to satisfy < satur, satura rich, copious < satis enough.
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)