Crested Satinbird

SCI Name:  Cnemophilus macgregorii
Protonym:  Cnemophilus macgregorii AnnualRep.Brit.NewGuinea(1888-1889) App.G p.61
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cnemophilidae / Cnemophilus
Taxonomy Code:  cresat1
Type Locality:  Mt. Knutsford, Owen Stanley Range.
Author:  De Vis
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CNEMOPHILUS
(Cnemophilidae; Ϯ Yellow Satinbird C. macgregorii) Gr. κνημος knēmos  mountain-slope; φιλος philos  lover; "This is a very distinct kind of Bower Bird, obtained on Mount Knutsford, at an elevation of 11,000 feet, and rivalling the Regent Bird in beauty. The name Cnemophilus (Mountain-slope Lover) has been appropriated to it, and the species I propose, with permission, to dedicate to yourself.  ...  72. CNEMOPHILUS, n. g.—PTILONORHYNCHIDÆ.  Bill shorter than head, broader than high; culmen rounded, curved towards the tip; edge of maxilla notched at the tip; nostril basil, oval, almost concealed by elongated nasal plumes directed forwards; basil profile of mandible straight.  Wing short, rounded, reaching to tarsus; primaries longer than secondaries by half the length of the hallux without claw, first primary two-thirds of the second in length; tip of wing formed by the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th quills.  Tarsus moderate in length, stout; scutellation entire fore and aft.  Feet strong, hallux equalling the mid toe without claw; laterals unequal.   CNEMOPHILUS MACGREGORII.  Loreal, frontal, and nasal plumes elongate, and forming a fronto-nasal crest; from its frontal end a compressed backwardly curved crest of four feathers reaching the occiput; feathers of head parted mesially forming a groove for reception of the crest.  Lower part of fronto nasal crest chestnut-black, upper part, front, and over fore part of orbit fiery orange-red.   ...   Hab. Mount Knutsford, at 11,000 feet.—1 male.  Of the habits of this bird we have no information; it was shot by one of the party at some distance from their camp; no other was seen.  The systematic place of the genus seems to be between Amblyornis and Xanthomelus." (DeVis 1890); "Cnemophilus DeVis, 1890, Ann. Rep. British New Guinea, 1888-89, p. 5, Appendix G, pp. 58, 61.  Type, by monotypy, Cnemophilus macgregorii DeVis, 1890." (JAJ 2020).  Cracraft 1992, postulated two diagnosably distinct species in Cnemophilus sens. str.
Synon. Loria.

macgregoria / macgregoriae / macgregorii
● Lady Mary Jane Macgregor née Cocks (d. 1919) second wife of colonial governor and explorer Sir William Macgregor (Amblyornis, syn. Macgregoria pulchra).
● Sir William Macgregor (1846-1919) British colonial administrator, Medical Officer in the Seychelles 1873-1875, Medical Officer/Colonial Secretary in Fiji 1875-1888, Administrator/Lt.-Gov. of British New Guinea 1888-1898, Gov. of Lagos, Nigeria 1899-1902, Gov. of Newfoundland 1904-1909, Gov. of Queensland, Australia 1909-1914, explorer, ornithologist, collector (Cnemophilus).

SUBSPECIES

Crested Satinbird (Red)
SCI Name: Cnemophilus macgregorii sanguineus
sanguineum / sanguineus
L. sanguineus  bloody  < sanguis, sanguinis  blood.
● The types of this form were collected by Capt. N. B. Blood (see bloodi) (subsp. Cnemophilus macgregorii).

Crested Satinbird (Yellow)
SCI Name: Cnemophilus macgregorii macgregorii
macgregoria / macgregoriae / macgregorii
● Lady Mary Jane Macgregor née Cocks (d. 1919) second wife of colonial governor and explorer Sir William Macgregor (Amblyornis, syn. Macgregoria pulchra).
● Sir William Macgregor (1846-1919) British colonial administrator, Medical Officer in the Seychelles 1873-1875, Medical Officer/Colonial Secretary in Fiji 1875-1888, Administrator/Lt.-Gov. of British New Guinea 1888-1898, Gov. of Lagos, Nigeria 1899-1902, Gov. of Newfoundland 1904-1909, Gov. of Queensland, Australia 1909-1914, explorer, ornithologist, collector (Cnemophilus).