Southern Hyliota / Hyliota australis

Southern Hyliota / Hyliota australis

Southern Hyliota

SCI Name:  Hyliota australis
Protonym:  Hyliota australis Ibis p.258 pl.7 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Hyliotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  souhyl1
Type Locality:  Umvuli (= Umfuli) River, Mashonaland; restricted to Hartley Hills, lat. 18° 11'' S., long. 30° 15'' E., ca. 5 kilometers north of the Umfuli River, Mashonaland, Rhodesia, by Brooke, 1975, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 95, p. 91.
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Publish Year:  1882
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DEFINITIONS

HYLIOTA
(Hyliotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Hyliota H. flavigaster) Gr. ὑλειωτης huleiōtēs forester, an epithet of Pan  < ὑλη hulē  woodland, forest; "Hyliota, Sw. (fig. 229.h)   Bill lengthened, very slightly widened at the base, and much compressed beyond the nostrils.  Rictus nearly smooth.  Wings, tail, and feet as in Muscicapa; but the middle toe is shorter, and the claws are broader, thicker, and much more curved.   Africa: representing Platystera.    H. flavigaster. West. Af. ii." (Swainson 1837); "Hyliota Swainson, 1837 (June or July), Nat. Hist. Class. Birds, 2, p. 260, fig. 229h.  Type, by original designation, Hyliota flavigaster Swainson." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 219).
Var. Hyliotis.

australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).

SUBSPECIES

Southern Hyliota (slatini)
SCI Name: Hyliota australis slatini
slatini
Maj.-Gen. Sir Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin, known as Slatin Pasha (1857-1932) Austrian adventurer in the British and Egyptian service, Gov. of Dara 1879, Gov.-Gen. of Darfur 1881-1883 (imprisoned by the Mahdists 1883-1895), Inspector-Gen. of Sudan 1900-1914 (syn. Cisticola marginatus, subsp. Hyliota australis, syn. Pytilia melba soudanensis).

Southern Hyliota (inornata)
SCI Name: Hyliota australis inornata
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus  plain, unadorned  < in-  not; ornatus  adorned, decorated  < ornare  to adorn.
● See: mavornata

Southern Hyliota (australis)
SCI Name: Hyliota australis australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).