Peneothello Sigillata Bird
Peneothello Sigillata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Poecilodryas? sigillata AnnualRep.Brit.NewGuinea(1888-1889) App.G p.59
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Peneothello
Taxonomy Code: whwrob2
Type Locality: Mt. Victoria, southeastern New Guinea.
Author: De Vis
Publish Year: 1890
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PENEOTHELLO
(Petroicidae; Ϯ White-winged Robin P. sigillata) L. pene almost; Shakespearean character Othello, Moorish (i.e. black) Governor of Cyprus (cf. genus Othello Reichenbach, 1850, black antshrike); "A black series, with sigillata De Vis as type, I separate as PENEOTHELLO gen. nov. These may not be closely related to the original Pœcilodryas at all. They show none of the distinctive colours of the preceding and have assumed a black coloration direct from the juvenile plumage, and can only be placed in conjunction with the above mentioned by those who indulge in guesswork in classifying their birds. As regards structural features they are large forms with small bills, medium feet, and the wing formation is degenerate, being more rounded than the typical species and approaching that of Iredaleornis, the second primary being about equal to the secondaries. It should be obvious to the thinking student that these should be separated from the Pœcilodryas series as represented in Iredaleornis, Pœcilodryas and Leucophantes." (Mathews 1920).
Synon. Labeothello.
sigillata / sigillatus
L. sigillatus adorned with little figures < sigilla image, little figure, mark < dim. signum mark, sign.
SUBSPECIES
White-winged Robin (quadrimaculata)
Latin Name: Peneothello sigillata quadrimaculata
quadrimaculata / quadrimaculatus
L. quadri- four- < quattuor four; maculatus spotted < maculare to make spotted < macula spot (cf. Mod. L. quadrimaculatus square-spotted).
White-winged Robin (saruwagedi)
Latin Name: Peneothello sigillata saruwagedi
saruwagedi
Saruwaged Mts., Huon Peninsula, New Guinea.
White-winged Robin (hagenensis)
Latin Name: Peneothello sigillata hagenensis
hagenensis
Mt. Hagen, Central Highlands, Territory of New Guinea (= Papua New Guinea).
White-winged Robin (sigillata)
Latin Name: Peneothello sigillata sigillata
sigillata / sigillatus
L. sigillatus adorned with little figures < sigilla image, little figure, mark < dim. signum mark, sign.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)