Brown-chested Alethe

SCI Name:  Chamaetylas poliocephala
Protonym:  Trichophorus (Criniger) poliocephalus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.262
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Chamaetylas
Taxonomy Code:  brcale1
Type Locality:  Africa [= Fernando Po Island] .
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHAMAETYLAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Brown-chested Alethe C. poliocephala compsonota) Gr. χαμαι khamai  on the ground; τυλας tulas, τυλαδος tulados  thrush; "A plump, upright, long-legged bird of the forest floor and low undergrowth" (Keith et al. (eds.) 1992); "Die Annahme einer ächten Geocichla in Africa scheint uns doch kaum zulässig, obgleich Cassin dieselbe mit Geocichla interpres Bp. (Turdus interpres Temm. Pl. col. 458) von den Sunda-Inseln vergleicht, wir möchlen desshalb für diese schöne Art lieber den Namen Chamaetylas compsonota (von χαμαι = humi und τυλας = turdus) vorschlagen." (Heine 1860); "Chamaetylas Heine, 1859, Journ. f. Orn., 7, p. 425. Type, by monotypy, Geocichla compsonota Cassin" (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 61).
Synon. Pseudalethe.

poliocephala / poliocephalum
Gr. πολιος polios  grey, grizzled, hoary, whitish, white; -κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.

SUBSPECIES

Brown-chested Alethe (Gray-headed)
SCI Name: Chamaetylas poliocephala poliocephala
poliocephala / poliocephalum
Gr. πολιος polios  grey, grizzled, hoary, whitish, white; -κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.

Brown-chested Alethe (Gabela)
SCI Name: Chamaetylas poliocephala hallae
hallae / halli
● Beryl Patricia Hall née Woodhouse (1917-2010) English ornithologist, collector (subsp. Acrocephalus scirpaceus, subsp. Alophoixus ochraceus, syn. Anthus similis dewittei, subsp. Chamaetylas poliocephala, subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Eurillas virens, syn. Sheppardia bocagei chapini).
● Robert Hall (1867-1949) Australian ornithologist, President of the RAOU 1912-1913 (subsp. Aptenodytes patagonicus, subsp. Ceyx pusillus, Macronectes, subsp. Mirafra javanica, syn. Neophema splendida).
● Maj. Harold Wesley Hall (1888-1964) Australian marine researcher, philanthropist (Pomatostomus).

Brown-chested Alethe (Chestnut-backed)
SCI Name: Chamaetylas poliocephala compsonota
compsonota
Gr. κομψος kompsos  elegant, pretty; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

Brown-chested Alethe (Brown-chested)
SCI Name: Chamaetylas poliocephala [carruthersi Group]
CHAMAETYLAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Brown-chested Alethe C. poliocephala compsonota) Gr. χαμαι khamai  on the ground; τυλας tulas, τυλαδος tulados  thrush; "A plump, upright, long-legged bird of the forest floor and low undergrowth" (Keith et al. (eds.) 1992); "Die Annahme einer ächten Geocichla in Africa scheint uns doch kaum zulässig, obgleich Cassin dieselbe mit Geocichla interpres Bp. (Turdus interpres Temm. Pl. col. 458) von den Sunda-Inseln vergleicht, wir möchlen desshalb für diese schöne Art lieber den Namen Chamaetylas compsonota (von χαμαι = humi und τυλας = turdus) vorschlagen." (Heine 1860); "Chamaetylas Heine, 1859, Journ. f. Orn., 7, p. 425. Type, by monotypy, Geocichla compsonota Cassin" (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 61).
Synon. Pseudalethe.