Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher
Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher
Here the details of the Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscipeta atrocaudata Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt7 no.78 p.102
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone
Taxonomy Code: japfly1
Type Locality: Malaya (erroneously said to be error for Japan, Ornith. Soc. Japan, 1974, Check-list Japanese Birds, ed. 5, p. 277).
Author: Eyton
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
atrocaudata
L. ater black; caudatus tailed < cauda tail.
SUBSPECIES
Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (atrocaudata)
SCI Name: Terpsiphone atrocaudata atrocaudata
atrocaudata
L. ater black; caudatus tailed < cauda tail.
Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (illex)
SCI Name: Terpsiphone atrocaudata illex
illex
L. illex, illix or inlex, illicis alluring, enticing < inlicere to entice.
Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (periophthalmica)
SCI Name: Terpsiphone atrocaudata periophthalmica
periophthalmica / periophthalmicus
Gr. περι peri all around; οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos of the eye < οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye (cf. περιοφθαλμιος periophthalmios round the eye).
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)