Black-faced Tanager

SCI Name:  Schistochlamys melanopis
Protonym:  T.[anagra] melanopis IndexOrn. 1 p.422
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Schistochlamys
Taxonomy Code:  blftan1
Type Locality:  Guiana.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SCHISTOCHLAMYS
(Thraupidae; † Cinnamon Tanager S. ruficapillus capistrata) Late L. schistus  slate  < L. lapis schistos  fissile stone  < Gr. σχιστος skhistos  cloven  < σχιζω skhizō  to split; Gr. χλαμυς khlamus, χλαμυδος khlamudos  mantle, cloak.  Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXVII, labelled Passerinae: Fringillinae Tanagrinae, shows the distinctive small mask of the Cinnamon Tanager; "Gen. SCHISTOCHLAMYS Reichb. 1850. Graumantel.  Diucopis (!) Bonap. pt." (Cabanis 1851); G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 73, gives Tanagra fasciata Lichtenstein, 1823 (now in Neothraupis) as the type, but Reichenbach's figure is clearly not that form; "Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 77.  Type, by subsequent designation (P. L. Sclater, 1886, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 11, p. 301), Tanagra capistrata Wied." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 247).
Synon. Diucopis.

schistochlamys
Late L. schistus  slate  < L. lapis schistos  fissile stone  < Gr. σχιστος skhistos  cloven  < σχιζω skhizō  to split; Gr. χλαμυς khlamus, χλαμυδος khlamudos  mantle, cloak.

melanopis
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -ωπις -ōpis  -faced  < ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face (cf. μελανωπις melanōpis  black-looking).
● ex “Black-faced Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dryonastes chinensis).
● ex “Tangara à cravate noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 2 (Schistochlamys).
● ex “Black-faced Ibis” of Latham 1785 (Theristicus).

SUBSPECIES

Black-faced Tanager (aterrima)
SCI Name: Schistochlamys melanopis aterrima
aterrima / aterrimum / aterrimus
Unattested L. aterrimus  very black, blackest  < super. ater  black.
● ex “Great Black Cockatoo” of Edwards 1764, “Kakatoës noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black Cockatoo” of Latham 1781 (Probosciger).
● ex “Puffinus carbonaria” of Solander MS, and “Bulweria aterrima” of authors (Pseudobulweria).
● ex “Lesser Black Promerops” of Latham 1822 (Rhinopomastus).

Black-faced Tanager (melanopis)
SCI Name: Schistochlamys melanopis melanopis
melanopis
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -ωπις -ōpis  -faced  < ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face (cf. μελανωπις melanōpis  black-looking).
● ex “Black-faced Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dryonastes chinensis).
● ex “Tangara à cravate noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 2 (Schistochlamys).
● ex “Black-faced Ibis” of Latham 1785 (Theristicus).

Black-faced Tanager (grisea)
SCI Name: Schistochlamys melanopis grisea
grisea
Med. L. griseum, griseus or grisius  grey.
● ex “Dark Grey Petrel” of Cook 1777, and “Grey Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Ardenna).
● ex “Crabier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 908 (syn. Butorides striata).
● ex “Calidris grisea” of Brisson 1760, “Maubèche grise” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 366, and “Grisled Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (syn. Calidris canutus).
● ex “Tourterelle de Cayenne” of Holandre 1790 (syn. Columbina minuta).
● ex “Grimpereau gris de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (?syn. Dicaeum sp., ?syn. Orthotomus sp.)
● ex “Alouette grise de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782 (Eremopterix).
● ex “Grisin de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 643, figs. 1, 2, and “Grisly Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Formicivora).
● ex “Grignet” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 126 (syn. Parisoma subcaeruleum).
● ex “Matuitui” of Willughby 1676, “Numenius americanus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Matuitui des rivages” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Theristicus melanopis).
● ex “Merle gris de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Grey Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Turdoides affinis).
● ex “Tangara olive de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 1, “Gris-Olive” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Tanager” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Vireo griseus).
● ex “Cotinga gris de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 699 (?syn. Xipholena punicea).
● ex “Martin Gris-de-Fer” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 95, fig. 2 (Gracula artefact).
● ex “Avis gonambucho Americana” of Seba 1734, “Bruant de Surinam” of Brisson 1760, “Gonambouch” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Bunting” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Grey-necked Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Coquantototl, avicula cristata, forma passeris” of Seba 1734-1765, “Manacus cristatus griseus” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● "Sporophila intermedia Cabanis  ...  Loxia grisea Gmelin (Syst. Nat., 1, [2], p. 857, 1789) was long used for the above species. The name rests exclusively upon "Le Gros-Bec de Virginie" Daubenton, Pl. Enl., pl. 393, fig. 1, called by Buffon "Le Grisalbin." The rather poor figure shows a blackish bill, white throat, and whitish superciliaries, and I am inclined to agree with Chubb (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 41, p. 35, 1920) that the name is better dropped as undeterminable." (Hellmayr 1938, XIII, 176) (unident.).

Black-faced Tanager (olivina)
SCI Name: Schistochlamys melanopis olivina
olivina / olivinus
Mod. L. olivinus  olivine, olive  < L. oliva  olive.
● "Cinerascenti-olivacea  ... loris, oculorum ambitu, gutture et abdomine medio flavido indutis" (P. Sclater 1864); ex "Tanagra olivina" of Natterer MS (based on a sub-adult bird) (subsp. Schistochlamys melanopis).

Black-faced Tanager (amazonica)
SCI Name: Schistochlamys melanopis amazonica
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).