Platysteira Cyanea Bird

English Name:  Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Latin Name:  Platysteira cyanea
Protonym:  Muscicapa cyanea Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.170
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Platysteira
Taxonomy Code:  btweye2
Type Locality:  Senegal.
Author:  Statius Muller
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PLATYSTEIRA
(Platysteiridae; Ϯ Brown-throated Wattle-eye P. cyanea) Gr. πλατυς platus  broad; στειρα steira  ship’s keel; "PLATYRHYNCHUS COLLARIS et DESMARESTII.  In our description of these two species, we expressed our doubts of their joining well in with the genus Platyrhynchus, since that we have met with several others, and think them sufficiently numerous to form a division by themselves. We therefore now propose the appellation Platysteira, and add the generic characters. The chief differences were before pointed out in the description of the species.  The locality of the specimens described were at the time unknown. We have since received, by the attention of Dr. FERGUSON, P. Desmarestii from the vicinity of the river Gambia.    PLATYSTEIRA, NOBIS.   CHAR. GEN. —Rostrum mediocre, rectum, carinatum, latius quam altum, frontis latitudinem æquans, depressum, apice adunco, tomiis maxillæ pone apicem utrinsecus emarginatis, dilatatis; nares medio rostri, membrana vibrissis plumulisque instructis postice tecti, apertura terminali ovali; rictus amplus, ad basin vibrissis rigidis obtectus.  Alæ mediocres, rotundatæ, remiges, 1^mo brevi, 2^do, 3^tio, 4^to, gradatim longioribus; 5^to, longissimo.  Cauda subæqualis.  Pedes insessores, graciles, mediocres, digito externo, usque ad secundum, interno, ad primum articulum coalitis.  Acrotarsia scutulata, paratarsia squamis minutis obtectis.   Country, Africa.  Types, Le Priprit of VAILLANT'S Oiseaux d'Afrique, and P. collaris and Desmarestii." (Jardine & Selby 1830); "Platysteira Jardine and Selby, Illustr. Orn.  ii, Addenda, p. 2, 1830. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, List Gen. Bds.  1st ed. 1840, p. 31), P. melanoptera (Gm.), i.e. P. collaris et desmaresti J. & S. = Muscicapa cyanea P. L. S. Müller." (W. Sclater 1930, 424).
Var. Platystira, Platystera.

cyane / cyanea
L. cyaneus  dark-blue, sea-blue, greenish-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  cyanea.  17. L. cærulea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Chinens. Lagerstr. 18.  Coccothraustes cæruleus. Edw. av. 125. t. 125.  Habitat in Angola." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cyanocompsa brissonii).
● "111. TANAGRA.  ...  cyanea.  6. T. cyanea, rectricibus fuscis.  Linaria cærulea. Catesb. car. I. p. 45. t. 45. Edw. av. 2. p. 132. t. 273. f. 2.  Habitat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1766) (Passerina).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à collier du Sénégal” (= ♂) and “Gobe-mouche à gorge rousse du Sénégal” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760 (Platysteira).
● ex “Ultramarine Roller” of Latham 1781 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Brown-throated Wattle-eye (cyanea)
Latin Name: Platysteira cyanea cyanea
cyane / cyanea
L. cyaneus  dark-blue, sea-blue, greenish-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  cyanea.  17. L. cærulea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Chinens. Lagerstr. 18.  Coccothraustes cæruleus. Edw. av. 125. t. 125.  Habitat in Angola." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cyanocompsa brissonii).
● "111. TANAGRA.  ...  cyanea.  6. T. cyanea, rectricibus fuscis.  Linaria cærulea. Catesb. car. I. p. 45. t. 45. Edw. av. 2. p. 132. t. 273. f. 2.  Habitat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1766) (Passerina).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à collier du Sénégal” (= ♂) and “Gobe-mouche à gorge rousse du Sénégal” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760 (Platysteira).
● ex “Ultramarine Roller” of Latham 1781 (unident.).

Brown-throated Wattle-eye (aethiopica)
Latin Name: Platysteira cyanea aethiopica
aethiopica / aethiopicus
L. Aethiopicus  Ethiopian, African  < Gr. Αιθιοπικος Aithiopikos  Ethiopian, negro  < αιθω aithō  to burn; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face.
● ex “Merle noir et blanc d’Abissinie” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ethiopian Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Laniarius).
● ex “Abou Hannes” of Bruce 1790 (Threskiornis).

Brown-throated Wattle-eye (nyansae)
Latin Name: Platysteira cyanea nyansae
nyansae / nyanzae
Victoria Nyanza (= Lake Victoria), East Africa.