Swynnertonia Swynnertoni Bird

English Name:  Swynnerton's Robin
Latin Name:  Swynnertonia swynnertoni
Protonym:  Erythracus swynnertoni Bull.Br.Orn.Club 16 p.125
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Swynnertonia
Taxonomy Code:  swyrob1
Type Locality:  Chirinda Forest, Mashonaland.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1906
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

SWYNNERTONIA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Swynnerton's Robin S. swynnertoni) Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938) English settler and farm manager in Southern Rhodesia 1897-1919; "The Melsetter Robin, described by Shelley (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. XVI. 125, 1906) under the name of Erythracus (= Erithacus) swynnertoni, differs in several important respects from all the northern species commonly associated in the genus, some of which have already received generic names, and it may therefore be placed in a new subgenus bearing the name of SWYNNERTONIA, in honour of Mr C. F. M. Swynnerton, who is not only responsible for the discovery of the species but has also contributed very largely to our knowledge of our tropical species of birds.  The wing formula of the genus is: second primary much shorter than the secondaries and the tenth primary, the third a little shorter than the seventh and the fourth, fifth and sixth primaries subequal; the bill is black and the legs and feet are pinkish; three conspicuous bristles are present in the specimen examined and the tail is relatively short as compared with other species." (A. Roberts 1922).

swynnertoni
Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938) English settler and farm manager in Southern Rhodesia 1897-1919, first game warden in Tanganyika 1919-1928, Director of Tsetse Research 1928-1938 (subsp. Elminia albonotata, syn. Pternistis afer humboldtii, Swynnertonia, subsp. Turdus olivaceus).

SUBSPECIES

Swynnerton's Robin (Udzungwa)
Latin Name: Swynnertonia swynnertoni rodgersi
rodgersi / rodgersii
● Adm. John Rodgers (1812-1882) US Navy, explorer in the Pacific 1852-1856 (subsp. Fulmarus glacialis).
● Dr William Alan Rodgers (1944-2009) British zoologist, conservationist in Tanzania 1965-1984, 1992-2009, and India 1984-1991 (subsp. Swynnertonia swynnertoni).

Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnerton's)
Latin Name: Swynnertonia swynnertoni swynnertoni
swynnertoni
Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938) English settler and farm manager in Southern Rhodesia 1897-1919, first game warden in Tanganyika 1919-1928, Director of Tsetse Research 1928-1938 (subsp. Elminia albonotata, syn. Pternistis afer humboldtii, Swynnertonia, subsp. Turdus olivaceus).