Rosy Minivet

SCI Name:  Pericrocotus roseus
Protonym:  Muscicapa rosea Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.486
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus
Taxonomy Code:  rosmin1
Type Locality:  Bengal.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri  very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos  golden-yellow  < κροκος krokos  saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors.   ...   Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156  u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.

roseus
L. roseus  rosy, roseate, rosaceous  < rosa  rose.
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  roseus.  11. T. subincarnatus, capite alis caudaque nigris, occipite cristato.  Merula rosea. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 15. Will. orn. 143. Raj. av. 67. Edw. av. 20. t. 20.  Turdus roseus, capite ex nigro cæruleo & cirrho retro compto, alis & cauda nigris. Klein. av. 71.  Habitat in Lapponia, Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pastor).
● ex “Pelican rose de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Rose-coloured Pelican” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).

SUBSPECIES

Rosy Minivet (roseus)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus roseus roseus
roseus
L. roseus  rosy, roseate, rosaceous  < rosa  rose.
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  roseus.  11. T. subincarnatus, capite alis caudaque nigris, occipite cristato.  Merula rosea. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 15. Will. orn. 143. Raj. av. 67. Edw. av. 20. t. 20.  Turdus roseus, capite ex nigro cæruleo & cirrho retro compto, alis & cauda nigris. Klein. av. 71.  Habitat in Lapponia, Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pastor).
● ex “Pelican rose de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Rose-coloured Pelican” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).

Rosy Minivet (stanfordi)
SCI Name: Pericrocotus roseus stanfordi
stanfordi
● Lt.-Col. John Keith Stanford (1892-1971) British Army, writer, sportsman, administrator in India and Burma 1919-1939 (subsp. Alcippe nipalensis, subsp. Cecropis daurica, syn. Pericrocotus cantonensis x P. roseus, subsp. Pomatorhinus phayrei, subsp. Pycnonotus cafer).
● Leland Stanford Junior University (commonly known as Stanford), Stanford, California, USA (syn. Catharus ustulatus).