Maroon-breasted Philentoma

SCI Name:  Philentoma velata
Protonym:  Drymophila velata Pl.Col. livr.56 pl.334,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vangidae / Philentoma
Taxonomy Code:  mabphi2
Type Locality:  Timor and Java; restricted to Java by Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 553.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

PHILENTOMA
(Vangidae; Ϯ Rufous-winged Philentoma P. pyrhoptera) Gr. φιλος philos  loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love; εντομα entoma  insects. "PHILENTOMA, n.g.  Rostrum capite æquale ad apicem incisum latum depressum lateribus tumidis, ad basin setis longis armatis nares ovales.  Tarsi mediocres digiti externi vix longiores quam interni posteriores medios æquantes, ungues compressi, posteriores longissimi, scuta tarsi indivisa.  Alæ rotundatæ prima penna remigum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, tertia duabus proximis inter se æqualibus.  Cauda mediocris rotundata tectricibus superioribus mollibus et longis.  The above genus has the bill of nearly the same form as in Muscipeta, but the long and soft feathers at the base of the tail at once distinguish it from that genus.   Philentoma castaneum." (Eyton 1845); "Philentoma Eyton, 1845, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 16, p. 229. Type, by monotypy, Philentoma castaneum Eyton [= Muscicapa pyrhoptera Temminck, 1836]." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 471).  Some authors have suggested that this genus be separated in a new family, Philentomidae.
Synon. Drymophila.

velata / velatum / velatus
L. velatus  veiled  < velare  to cover  < velum  covering.
● "SAUROTHERA, Vieillot.  ...  S. velata. Vieil. Gal. pl. 38." (Swainson 1837): lapsus for vetula (syn. Coccyzus vieilloti).
● ex “Contramaestre verde pecho de oro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 155 (subsp. Geothlypis aequinoctialis).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).

SUBSPECIES

Maroon-breasted Philentoma (caesia)
SCI Name: Philentoma velata caesia
caesia
L. caesius  bluish-grey (can also mean grey-eyed).

Maroon-breasted Philentoma (velata)
SCI Name: Philentoma velata velata
velata / velatum / velatus
L. velatus  veiled  < velare  to cover  < velum  covering.
● "SAUROTHERA, Vieillot.  ...  S. velata. Vieil. Gal. pl. 38." (Swainson 1837): lapsus for vetula (syn. Coccyzus vieilloti).
● ex “Contramaestre verde pecho de oro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 155 (subsp. Geothlypis aequinoctialis).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).