Samoan Flycatcher
Samoan Flycatcher
Here the details of the Samoan Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Platyrhynchus albiventris U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.102
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Myiagra
Taxonomy Code: samfly1
Type Locality: Upolu, Samoa.
Author: Peale
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
MYIAGRA
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Leaden Flycatcher M. rubecula) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; αγρευω agreuō to catch (cf. μυιαγρος muiagros fly-catcher; myth. Myiagros, the Fly-catcher, an Elean god invoked against flies); "Genus. MYIÄGRA*. Rostrum rectum, subbreve, depressum, basi latum, multo latius quam altum; mandibula superiore emarginata; naribus basalibus, ovalibus, setis plumulisque fere obtectis; rictu vibrissis fortibus hirsuto. Alæ mediocres subrotundatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda duplo fere longiore, tertia quarta et quinta fere æqualibus longissimis. Cauda mediocris, lata, æqualis aut interdum subfurcata. Pedes graciles, mediocres; acrotarsiis scutellatis, scutorum suturis vix decernendis. ... 1. RUBECULOIDES. ... 2. PLUMBEA. ... 3. MACROPTERA. ... Mr. Caley informs us that the boys of the colony used to call it Winter, the reason of which he does not give. ... *Mυια musca, and αγρευω venor." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Myiagra Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, p. 250. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Grau, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 32), Myiagra rubeculoides Vigors and Horsfield = Todus rubecula Latham." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 516).
Synon. Lophomyiagra, Mastersornis, Piezorhynchus, Platygnathus, Seisura, Submyiagra.
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus white; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).
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)