Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Erythrocercus mccallii
Protonym:  Pycnosphrys McCallii Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 7 p.326
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Scotocercidae / Erythrocercus
Taxonomy Code:  chcfly1
Type Locality:  Moonda (= Mondah) River, Western Africa = Gabon.
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ERYTHROCERCUS
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Chestnut-capped Flycatcher E. mccallii). Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Erythrocercus, nob.   298. Mc'Callii, (Cass.)  Minor; pileo et cauda nitide rufis, illo albo striolato; dorso, uropygio et tectricibus alae dilute cinereis, uropygio rufescente tincto; supracaudalibus rufis; gutture et pectore pallide fulvis; abdomine et subcaudalibus albis; subalaribus pallide fulvis; rostro et pedibus pallidis; maxilla subcurvata; vibrissis rictalibus longis, rigidiusculis; alis mediocribus, remigibus 4 et 5 subaequalibus, longioribus; cauda longiuscula; pedibus subelongatis; pilei plumis subelongatis, tergi et uropygii longis, sericeis.   ...   Syn. Pycnosphrys Mc'Callii, Cass. Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1855, p. 326.   Ich weiss die Annahme einer ächten Pycnosphrys-art in Africa mit meinen Ansichten von geographischer Zoologie nicht in Einklang zu bringen und ziehe es vor die von mir nicht gesehene aber jedenfalls sehr eigenthümliche westafricanische Form generisch zu isoliren." (Hartlaub 1857); "Erythrocercus Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Ornith. Westafrica's, p. 97. Type, by monotypy, Pycnosphrys mcCallii Cassin." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 465).   
Synon. Chloropetella.

erythrocercus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; κερκος kerkos tail.
● Gadow 1884, W. Sclater 1930, and Cheke & Mann 2001, considered erythrocerca to be an original misprint for erythroceria. Despite von Heuglin’s 1864, correction, “in meinem Syst. Verz. d. V. N.-O.-Africa’s [1857] fälschlich erythrocerca geschreiben”, Rand in Peters’ 1967, wrote, “However, Heuglin’s nomen nudum for this taxon ...which predates Hartlaub’s name, is spelled “erythrocerca”; there seems no reason to believe Hartlaub did not also intend the spelling to be “erythrocerca”. Neither sex of the Red-chested Sunbird has a red tail, but common sense did not prevail and the species still holds this epithet! (Cinnyris).

mccalli / mccallii
Brig.-Gen. George Archibald McCall (1802-1868) US Army 1822-1853, 1861-1863, zoologist, collector (Erythrocercus, syn. Ortalis vetula, subsp. Megascops asio).

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (nigeriae)
SCI Name: Erythrocercus mccallii nigeriae
nigeriae
Nigeria.

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (mccallii)
SCI Name: Erythrocercus mccallii mccallii
mccalli / mccallii
Brig.-Gen. George Archibald McCall (1802-1868) US Army 1822-1853, 1861-1863, zoologist, collector (Erythrocercus, syn. Ortalis vetula, subsp. Megascops asio).

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (congicus)
SCI Name: Erythrocercus mccallii congicus
congica / congicus / congo / congoensis
Congo or Belgian Congo / DR Congo.