Terpsiphone Bourbonnensis Bird
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Terpsiphone Bourbonnensis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa bourbonnensis Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.171
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone
Taxonomy Code: mapfly2
Type Locality: Bourbon Island.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
bourbonensis / bourbonnensis
Île de Bourbon, named after the European royal house of French origin (= Réunion) (see borbonensis).
● Erroneous TL. Île de Bourbon (= Bahia, Brazil) (Sporophila).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de l’île de Bourbon” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Terpsiphone).
SUBSPECIES
Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher (bourbonnensis)
Latin Name: Terpsiphone bourbonnensis bourbonnensis
bourbonensis / bourbonnensis
Île de Bourbon, named after the European royal house of French origin (= Réunion) (see borbonensis).
● Erroneous TL. Île de Bourbon (= Bahia, Brazil) (Sporophila).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de l’île de Bourbon” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Terpsiphone).
Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher (desolata)
Latin Name: Terpsiphone bourbonnensis desolata
desolata
L. desolatus forsaken, desolated < desolare to abandon < solus alone, solitary (e.g. remote or insular habitat).
● Desolation I. (= Kerguelen Is.), Indian Ocean; ex “Brown-banded Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Pachyptila).
● Mauritius (Terpsiphone).
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)
