Angola Slaty-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Melaenornis brunneus
Protonym:  Dioptrornis brunnea J.Orn. 35 p.92
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code:  angslf1
Type Locality:  Angola = Pungo Andongo, Malanje, Angola.
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1886
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELAENORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Northern Black Flycatcher M. edolioides) Gr. μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "MELAENORNIS, n.  Melasoma ^a, Swains.  M. Edolioïdes, (Swains.) n.  Nat. Libr. B. of W. Afr., pl. 29.   ...   ^a Used in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Melaenornis G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 35. New name for Melasoma Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Melasoma Dillwyn, 1831." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 296).   
Var. Melaehornis, Meloenornis.   
Synon. Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Melanopepla, Melasoma, Namibornis, Sigelus, Siopornis.

brunneus
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown.
● ex “Mauvis de la Caroline” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 556, fig. 2 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).

SUBSPECIES

Angola Slaty-Flycatcher (brunneus)
SCI Name: Melaenornis brunneus brunneus
brunneus
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown.
● ex “Mauvis de la Caroline” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 556, fig. 2 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).

Angola Slaty-Flycatcher (bailunduensis)
SCI Name: Melaenornis brunneus bailunduensis
bailundensis / bailunduensis
Bailundo, Benguela, Angola.