Rhabdornis Mystacalis Bird

English Name:  Stripe-sided Rhabdornis
Latin Name:  Rhabdornis mystacalis
Protonym:  Meliphaga mysticalis Pl.Col. livr.56 pl.335 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Rhabdornis
Taxonomy Code:  stsrha2
Type Locality:  Manila, Luzon.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

RHABDORNIS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Stripe-headed Rhabdornis R. mystacalis) Gr. ῥαβδος rhabdos  stripe (cf. ῥαβδος rhabdos  twig); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "CLII. Rhabdornis RCHB. Nat. Syst. t. suppl. — Voriger Gattung wohl nahe stehend, aber bei so eigenthümlichem Kleide und auffallender Streckung des Schnabels jedenfalls der Typus einer neuen, für deren Umschreibung wir noch weitere Angaben erwartern. — "Zunge flach, hornartig, an der Spitze gespalten und faserig, nur wenig protraktil": v. KITTLITZ. — Die Entfernung dieses neuen Typus reinigt den von Climacteris und bestimmt zugleich dessen geographische Verbreitung genauer.   640. Rh. mystacalis (Meliphaga — TEMM. col. 335. 2.) RCHB. t. DLXVI. 3859. obere Fig. TEMM.  3860. untere. v. KITTLITZ." (Reichenbach 1853); "Rhabdornis Reichenbach, 1853, Handb. spec. Orn., p. 276. Type, by monotypy, Meliphaga mysticalis Temminck." (Greenway in Peters 1967, XII, 161).

mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis  moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos  moustache  < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos  jaws, mouth  < μασαομαι masaomai  to chew.

SUBSPECIES

Stripe-sided Rhabdornis (mystacalis)
Latin Name: Rhabdornis mystacalis mystacalis
mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis  moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos  moustache  < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos  jaws, mouth  < μασαομαι masaomai  to chew.

Stripe-sided Rhabdornis (minor)
Latin Name: Rhabdornis mystacalis minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).