Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Terpsiphone bourbonnensis
Protonym:  Muscicapa bourbonnensis Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.171
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone
Taxonomy Code:  mapfly2
Type Locality:  Bourbon Island.
Author:  Statius Muller
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TERPSIPHONE
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Indian Paradise-flycatcher T. paradisi) Gr. τερψι terpsi  delighting in  < τερπω terpō  to delight; φονος phonos  murder (cf. φωνη phōnē  voice); "Muscipeta, Cuv. — Terpsiphöne, f.   Muscipeta zu ähnlich und ganz gleich bedeutend mit Muscicapa. — Terpsiphŏne (necando gaudens) — nicht Terpsiphōne (voce laeta), von ihrem schnellen, muntern Jagem nach Insekten und ihrem fröhlichen Wesen." (Gloger 1827); "Terpsiphone Gloger, 1827, in Froriep, Notizen, 16, col. 278. New name for Muscipeta Cuvier, 1817, preoccupied by Muscipeta Koch, 1816 = Acrocephalus Naumann, 1811." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 478-479).
Var. Terpsichore (Gr. myth. Terpsichore, the Muse of the dance; τερψιχορος terpsikhoros  delighting in the dance).
Synon. Callaeops, Monedula, Muscipeta, Neoxeocephus, Tchitrea, Xeocephus.

bourbonensis / bourbonnensis
Île de Bourbon, named after the European royal house of French origin (= Réunion) (see borbonensis).
● Erroneous TL. Île de Bourbon (= Bahia, Brazil) (Sporophila).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de l’île de Bourbon” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Terpsiphone).

SUBSPECIES

Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher (bourbonnensis)
SCI Name: Terpsiphone bourbonnensis bourbonnensis
bourbonensis / bourbonnensis
Île de Bourbon, named after the European royal house of French origin (= Réunion) (see borbonensis).
● Erroneous TL. Île de Bourbon (= Bahia, Brazil) (Sporophila).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de l’île de Bourbon” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Terpsiphone).

Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher (desolata)
SCI Name: Terpsiphone bourbonnensis desolata
desolata
L. desolatus  forsaken, desolated  < desolare  to abandon  < solus  alone, solitary (e.g. remote or insular habitat).
● Desolation I. (= Kerguelen Is.), Indian Ocean; ex “Brown-banded Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Pachyptila).
● Mauritius (Terpsiphone).