Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher

SCI Name:  Cittura cyanotis
Protonym:  Dacelo cyanotis Pl.Col. livr.44 pl.262
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Cittura
Taxonomy Code:  lilkin1
Type Locality:  Sumatra, error = Celebes.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1824
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CITTURA
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher C. cyanotis) Gr. κιττα kitta  magpie (i.e. long); ουρα oura  tail; "Die Dacelo cyanotis Temm. ist der Typus meines Subgenus Cittura mit plattgedrücktem fliegenfängerähnlichem Schnabel und elsterartigen Schwanz" (Kaup 1848); "tail foxy, quite long, and strongly graduated" (Fry et al. 1992); "Die Dacelo cyanotis Temm. ist der Typus meines Subgenus Cittura mit plattgedrücktem fliegenfängerähnlichem Schnabel und elsterartigen Schwanz" (Kaup 1848); "Cittura Kaup, Verh. naturhist. Ver. Grossherz. Hessen, Heft 2, 1848, p. 68, in text.  Type, by original designation, Dacelo cyanotis Temminck." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 192).

cyanotis / cyanotos
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Grand Grimpar” of Levaillant 1807 (?syn. Xiphocolaptes albicollis).

Cyanotis
(Tyrannidae; syn. Tachuris † Many-coloured Rush Tyrant T. rubrigastra) Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear; "Cyanotis, Sw.  Habit of Regulus.  Wings slightly rounded; the first and second quill very little shorter than tht third.  Tail rounded, obtuse.  Feet uncommonly large and slender.  Inner toe much shorter than the outer.  Claws very long, and but slightly curved.   Brazil.   R. omnicolor. Vieil.   ...  This seems the tropical representation of Regulus: it is at once known by its disproportionately long toes and claws. It is the Reg. Byronensis of Griff. Cuv." (Swainson 1837); "Cyanotis Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 243.  Type, by monotypy, Regulus omnicolor Vieillot, 1824 = Sylvia rubrigastra Vieillot, 1817." (JAJ 2021).

SUBSPECIES

Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher (Sangihe)
SCI Name: Cittura cyanotis sanghirensis
sanghirana / sanghirense / sanghirensis / sangirensis
Sanghir I., Dutch East Indies / Sangihe I., Indonesia.

Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher (Sulawesi)
SCI Name: Cittura cyanotis cyanotis
cyanotis / cyanotos
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Grand Grimpar” of Levaillant 1807 (?syn. Xiphocolaptes albicollis).