Myiomela Leucura Bird

Myiomela Leucura Bird

Myiomela Leucura Bird

English Name:  White-tailed Robin
Latin Name:  Myiomela leucura
Protonym:  M.(uscisylvia) leucura Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt13 no.146 p.27
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myiomela
Taxonomy Code:  whtrob2
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYIOMELA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ White-tailed Blue Robin M. leucura) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; μελω melō  to take an interest in; "MYIOMELA Hodgs.*   ...   *Originally established in 1845, by Mr Hodgson, under the name of Muscisylvia (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845); which word, having been previously employed, is changed to the above." (G. Gray 1846).
Synon. Muscisylvia, Notodela, Sholicola.

leucura
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros  white-tailed  < λευκος leukos  white; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura tail.
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “White-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiomela leucura).
● ex “White-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Oenanthe).
● ex “Gros-bec du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 135, fig. 1 (subsp. Pinicola enucleator).
● ex “Black Sandpiper” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1787 (syn. Tringa ochropus). 

SUBSPECIES

White-tailed Robin (White-tailed)
Latin Name: Myiomela leucura leucura/montium
MYIOMELA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ White-tailed Blue Robin M. leucura) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; μελω melō  to take an interest in; "MYIOMELA Hodgs.*   ...   *Originally established in 1845, by Mr Hodgson, under the name of Muscisylvia (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845); which word, having been previously employed, is changed to the above." (G. Gray 1846).
Synon. Muscisylvia, Notodela, Sholicola.

White-tailed Robin (Cambodian)
Latin Name: Myiomela leucura cambodiana
cambodiana / cambodianum / cambodianus
Cambodia.