Eumyias Panayensis Bird

English Name:  Turquoise Flycatcher
Latin Name:  Eumyias panayensis
Protonym:  Eumyias panayensis Trans.Linn.Soc.London(2), 1 p.326
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Eumyias
Taxonomy Code:  islfly1
Type Locality:  Panay.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1877
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUMYIAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Indigo Warbling Flycatcher E. indigo) Gr. ευ eu  fine, beauty; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. EUMYIAS nov. gen *)  Schmuck-Fliegenfänger.   328. 1. E. indigo Nob. — Muscicapa indigo Horsf. Trans. Lin. Soc. Vol. XIII. pag. 146.  id. Zool. Researches in Java cum. tab. — Hypothymis indigo Boie. —  Stoparola indigo Blyth. Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 174. — Hypothymis coerulea Bonap. Consp. p. 320. No. 1. (nec Lin. Boie.)  Muscicapa coelestina Licht. in Mus. Berol.   ...   *) Von ευ u. μυια, Fliege, analog wie σπιζιας von σπιζα.  Unterscheidet sich von der nahe verwandten Gattung Dimorpha Hodgs., mit welcher sie die Bildung und Färbung der Schwanzfedern gemein hat, durch den breitern Schnabel, durch kürzere Flügel, weniger entwickelte Zehen und die vorherrschend blaue Färbung des Gefiders [sic]." (Cabanis 1853); "Eumyias Cabanis, Mus. Hein. vol. i. p. 53, 1851.  Type (by monotypy): Muscicapa indigo Horsfield." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 528).
Synon. Glaucomyias, Stoporala.

panaya / panayana / panayanus / panayensis / panayus
Panay I., Philippines.
● ex “Petit Merle” or “Musicien de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (Aplonis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex “Coliou de l’île de Panay” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan Coly” of Latham 1783 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de l’île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan spotted Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus mindanensis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex "Veuve en feu" and "Veuve à poitrine rouge" of de Buffon 1770-1783, "Veuve de l'Île de Panay" of Sonnerat 1776, and "Panayan Bunting" of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes ardens).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Onychoprion anaethetus).

SUBSPECIES

Turquoise Flycatcher (septentrionalis)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis septentrionalis
septentrionale / septentrionales / septentrionalis / septentrionalium
L. septemtrionalis  northern  < septemtrio  north.
● Erroneous TL "Northern parts of America" (= Tonga Tabu); ex “Northern Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).

Turquoise Flycatcher (meridionalis)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis meridionalis
meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).

Turquoise Flycatcher (obiensis)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis obiensis
obiense / obiensis / obira
Obi or Obira I., Moluccas, Indonesia.

Turquoise Flycatcher (harterti)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis harterti
harterti / hartertiana / hartertianus
Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist, collector, Curator of Rothschild Mus., Tring (syn. Acestrura berlepschi, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, subsp. Alauda arvensis, syn. Aplonis opaca kurodai, subsp. Arses telescopthalmus, syn. Artamus leucoryn leucopygialis, Asthenes, Batrachostomus, syn. Brachypteryx leucophrys carolinae, subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus, subsp. Buteo buteo, Camaroptera, subsp. Campylorhynchus albobrunneus, syn. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Chalcites lucidus, syn. Chlorocichla simplex, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Circus aeruginosus, syn. Cisticola juncidis, syn. Columba delegorguei sharpei, subsp. Crypturellus soui, syn. Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae, syn. Cyornis unicolor cyanopolia, subsp. Dendrocopos major, subsp. Dicrurus macrocercus, syn. Dryobates minor colchicus, syn. Dyaphorophyia concreta graueri, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Entomyzon cyanotis, syn. Eophona migratoria sowerbyi, subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus, subsp. Eumyias panayensis, syn. Eurostopodus argus, Eurylaimus, syn. Falco peregrinus calidus, Ficedula, subsp. Fringilla coelebs, syn. Galerida theklae ruficolor, syn. Geospiza fuliginosa, subsp. Heleia superciliaris, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Hieraaetus pennatus, syn. Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri, syn. Icterus icterus, subsp. Illadopsis turdina, syn. Jynx torquilla sarudnyi, syn. Lagonosticta nitidula, subsp. Linaria cannabina, syn. Lullula arborea pallida, subsp. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus, subsp. Malacocincla sepiaria, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, syn. Metallura tyrianthina oreopola, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Monarcha cinerascens, subsp. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri, subsp. Myrmecocichla arnotti, subsp. Myzomela obscura, syn. Ochrospiza dorsostriata maculicollis, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, syn. Phylloscopus orientalis, syn. Phylloscopus reguloides assamensis, Phlogophilus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, subsp. Picumnus olivaceus, subsp. Pittasoma rufopileatum, subsp. Pnoepyga pusilla, syn. Poephila personata, subsp. Prionops caniceps, subsp. Psittacella brehmii, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, syn. Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor, syn. Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri, syn. Rhipidura rufifrons granti, subsp. Rhodinocichla rosea, syn. Rhyticeros plicatus, syn. Scotocerca inquieta, subsp. Sericornis frontalis, syn. Sitta europaea roseilia, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, syn. Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Tarphonomus, subsp. Terpsiphone viridis, Thapsinillas, syn. Treron curvirostra, syn. Vanellus miles, syn. Yuhina flavicollis rouxi, subsp. Zosterops citrinella, syn. Zosterops japonicus simplex).

Turquoise Flycatcher (nigrimentalis)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis nigrimentalis
nigrimentale / nigrimentalis
L. niger black; Mod. L. mentalis pertaining to the chin < French mental of the chin < L. mentum chin.

Turquoise Flycatcher (panayensis)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis panayensis
panaya / panayana / panayanus / panayensis / panayus
Panay I., Philippines.
● ex “Petit Merle” or “Musicien de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (Aplonis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex “Coliou de l’île de Panay” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan Coly” of Latham 1783 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de l’île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan spotted Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus mindanensis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex "Veuve en feu" and "Veuve à poitrine rouge" of de Buffon 1770-1783, "Veuve de l'Île de Panay" of Sonnerat 1776, and "Panayan Bunting" of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes ardens).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Onychoprion anaethetus).

Turquoise Flycatcher (nigriloris)
Latin Name: Eumyias panayensis nigriloris
nigrilora / nigrilore / nigriloris / nigrilorum
L. niger  black; Mod. L. loris  lores  < lorum  lore  < L. lorum  bridle.