Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Protonym:  Terpsiphone rufocinerea J.Orn. 23 p.236
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone
Taxonomy Code:  rvpfly1
Type Locality:  Tschintschoscho (= Chinchoxo), Portuguese Congo (= Cabinda).
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1875
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.

rufocinerea / rufocinereum / rufocinereus
L. rufus  rufous; cinereus  ash-grey  < cinis, cineris  ashes.