Copsychus Sechellarum Bird

English Name:  Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Latin Name:  Copsychus sechellarum
Protonym:  Copsychus sechellarum Ibis p.332 pl.8
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Copsychus
Taxonomy Code:  semrob1
Type Locality:  on some islands of the Seychelles.
Author:  Newton, A
Publish Year:  1865
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

COPSYCHUS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Oriental Magpie Robin C. saularis) Gr. κοψυχος kopsukhos or κοψιχος kopsikhos  blackbird; "Gracula Saularis Gmel., Lath., Turdus mindanensis Gmel., Lath., Turdus amoenus Horsf., Lanius musicus Raffl., Lanius Shalaris Vieill. *)   ...   *) Constituo ex hac ave genus distinctum Copsychum (Kοψυχος  merula).  Ad hoc accedunt species: Lanius jocosus (idem qui Lanius Emeria Edw. 4. t. 190. fig. e specimine manco.) — Turdus macrurus (Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 3. t. 114.) — Turdus melanicterus Vieill. N. D. 20. p. 267. (Le Merle jaune huppé Levaill. l.c. t. 117.)" (Wagler 1827); "Copsychus Wagler, 1827, Syst. Av., note to art. Gracula, p. 306. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 21), Gracula saularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 64).
Var. Copsychum.
Synon. Copsicus, Dahila, Gervaisia, Gryllivora, Polypeira.

sechellarum / sechellensis
Seychelles, Mascarenes.