Ashy Robin

Ashy Robin / Heteromyias albispecularis

Ashy Robin

Here the details of the Ashy Robin named bird below:

SCI Name:  Heteromyias albispecularis
Protonym:  Pachycephala albispecularis Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.931
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae /
Taxonomy Code:  gyhrob1
Type Locality:  Arfak Mountains.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

HETEROMYIAS
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Grey-headed Robin H. cinereifrons) Gr. ἑτερος heteros  different; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "PŒCILODRYAS? CINEREIFRONS, sp. nov.  ...  In habits and actions this species closely resembles the Eopsaltriæ, and like them may be seen perching frequently on the side of the upright stems of the trees" (Ramsay 1875); "h6. Wings long, falling short of the tail by about as much as the length of the hind toe and claw.  ...  f7. Feet larger, the middle toe longer than the hind toe and claw. . . 24. HETEROMYIAS, p. 239.   ...   HETEROMYIAS.  Pœcilodryas, Ramsay, pt.  ...  1. Heteromyias cinereifrons." (Sharpe 1879); "Heteromyias Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. [114 (in key),] 239. Type, by monotypy, Poecilodryas? cinereifrons Ramsay." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 580).
Synon. Iredaleornis.

albispecularis
L. albus white; specularis mirror-like < speculum mirror < specere to look at.

SUBSPECIES

Ashy Robin (Ashy)
SCI Name: Heteromyias albispecularis albispecularis
albispecularis
L. albus white; specularis mirror-like < speculum mirror < specere to look at.

Ashy Robin (Black-capped)
SCI Name: Heteromyias albispecularis [armiti Group]
HETEROMYIAS
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Grey-headed Robin H. cinereifrons) Gr. ἑτερος heteros  different; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "PŒCILODRYAS? CINEREIFRONS, sp. nov.  ...  In habits and actions this species closely resembles the Eopsaltriæ, and like them may be seen perching frequently on the side of the upright stems of the trees" (Ramsay 1875); "h6. Wings long, falling short of the tail by about as much as the length of the hind toe and claw.  ...  f7. Feet larger, the middle toe longer than the hind toe and claw. . . 24. HETEROMYIAS, p. 239.   ...   HETEROMYIAS.  Pœcilodryas, Ramsay, pt.  ...  1. Heteromyias cinereifrons." (Sharpe 1879); "Heteromyias Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. [114 (in key),] 239. Type, by monotypy, Poecilodryas? cinereifrons Ramsay." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 580).
Synon. Iredaleornis.