Psarisomus Dalhousiae Bird

English Name:  Long-tailed Broadbill
Latin Name:  Psarisomus dalhousiae
Protonym:  Eurylaimus dalhousiae Edinb.NewPhilos.J. 18 p.389
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Eurylaimidae / Psarisomus
Taxonomy Code:  lotbro1
Type Locality:  northern India; probably near Simla.
Author:  Jameson
Publish Year:  1835
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PSARISOMUS
(Eurylaimidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Broadbill P. dalhousiae) Genus Psaris Cuvier 1817, tityra; Gr. σωμα sōma, σωματος sōmatos  body; “PSARISOMUS, Sw.Ϯ   General structure of Eurylaimus; but the bill is small, and only of an ordinary size.  Tail rather lengthened.    P. Dalhousiæ. Wilson. Ill. of Zool.?   ...   Ϯ Never having seen a specimen, I can only judge of this remarkable type by the figure in Dr. Royle’s work on Hymalayan Natural History. Its striking resemblance to a Psaris, and the smallness of its bill, makes me conclude it is the most aberrant, or tenuirostral type.” (Swainson 1837); "Psarisomus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 261. Type, by monotypy, "P. dalhousiae Wilson, Ill. of Zool." = Eurylaimus dalhousiæ Jameson." (Peters 1951, VII, 11).
Synon. Crossodera, Raya, Simornis, Simus.

dalhousiae / dalhousiana / dalhousiei
Christina Brown Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839) Scottish plant- and fern-collector, wife of George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie, Commander in Chief, East Indies (syn. Aegolius acadicus, Psarisomus).

SUBSPECIES

Long-tailed Broadbill (dalhousiae)
Latin Name: Psarisomus dalhousiae dalhousiae
dalhousiae / dalhousiana / dalhousiei
Christina Brown Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839) Scottish plant- and fern-collector, wife of George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie, Commander in Chief, East Indies (syn. Aegolius acadicus, Psarisomus).

Long-tailed Broadbill (cyanicauda)
Latin Name: Psarisomus dalhousiae cyanicauda
cyanicauda
L. cyaneus  dark-blue  < Gr. κυανος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy; cauda  tail.

Long-tailed Broadbill (divinus)
Latin Name: Psarisomus dalhousiae divinus
divinus
L. divinus  divine  < divus  of a deity, divine, god.
● “Le Todiramphe divinisé joue un grand rôle dans l’ancienne théogonie des habitans des archipels de la Société. C’était un des oiseaux favoris du dieu Oro” (Lesson 1827) (syn. Todiramphus veneratus).

Long-tailed Broadbill (psittacinus)
Latin Name: Psarisomus dalhousiae psittacinus
psittacina / psittacinus
L. psittacinus  of a parrot, parrot- (e.g. parrot-coloured, parrot-billed)  < psittacus  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos  parrot.

Long-tailed Broadbill (borneensis)
Latin Name: Psarisomus dalhousiae borneensis
bornea / borneana / borneanum / borneanus / borneense / borneensis / bornensis / borneoensis / borneonense / borneonensis / borneus
Borneo  < Malay Brunei  the Barunai or Brunei Sultanate, wealthy, powerful and more extensive in the 15th century  < Sanskrit Váruna  water, rain.
● Erroneous TL. Borneo (= Amboina); "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  borneus.  6. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus rectricibusque apice viridibus, alis macula cærulea.  Psittacus coccineus, cauda longiore. Edw. av. 173. t. 173.  Habitat in India: Borneo." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eos). This name, albeit erroneous, is the fourth toponym in avian nomenclature.