Sao Tome Paradise-Flycatcher / Terpsiphone atrochalybeia
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Sao Tome Paradise-Flycatcher
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Protonym: Tchitrea atrochalybeia Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1), 10 p.204
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone
Taxonomy Code: stpfly1
Type Locality: Fernando Po; error: Sao Tome.
Author: Thomson
Publish Year: 1842
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.
atrochalybaeus / atrochalybea / atrochalybeia / atrochalybeus
L. ater black; chalybeius steely < Gr. χαλυβηιος khalubēios steely < χαλυψ khalups, χαλυβος khalubos steel (cf. Mod. L. atrochalybeus dark-blue).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
