Arnot’s Chat / Myrmecocichla arnotti
Arnot's Chat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Saxicola arnotti Ibis p.206 pl.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myrmecocichla
Taxonomy Code: whbcha2
Type Locality: Adam Kok''s New Land [= Victoria Falls, northwestern Southern Rhodesia, vide Mackworth-Praed and Grant, 1942, Ibis, p. 521].
Author: Tristram
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
MYRMECOCICHLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Southern Anteater Chat M. formicivora) Gr. μυρμηξ murmēx, μυρμηκος murmēkos ant; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Le MOTTEUX FOURMILIER, Œnanthe formicivora, Vieill. ... Le nom de fourmilier que M. Levaillant lui a imposé, vient de ce qu'il se tient plus particulièrement dans les plaines où les fourmis élèvent de petites monticules, sur le haut desquelles il aime à se percher; il se nourrit aussi de leurs larves." (Vieillot 1818); "Gen. MYRMECOCICHLA nov. gen. *) Ameisenschmätzer. 52. 1. M. formicivora Nob. — Traquet fourmillier Le Vaill. tab. 186.87. Sylvia formicivora Vieill. Encycl. méth. No. 210. ... *) Von μυρμηξ, Ameise; Kιχλη, Drossel; der gebognere Schnabel, die kürzern nicht zugespitzten Flügel und die viel stärkeren kräftigeren Beine mit höheren Läufen und stärker entwickelten Nägeln sind für sich schon genügende Unterschiede dieser Gruppe von Monticola. Als weitere Arten gehören hierher: 1) M. aethiops Nob. Turdus aethiops Licht. Mus. Berol. vom Senegal. ... 2) M. nigra Nob. Saxicola nigra (Vieill.) Traquet Commandeur Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afrique tab. 189." (Cabanis 1853); "Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 8. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 35), Oenanthe formicivora Vieillot." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 115).
Synon. Dromolaea.
arnotti
David Arnot (or Arnott) (1821-1894) South African attorney, agent for the Griqua peoples, farmer, diamond prospector, plant collector (Myrmecocichla).
SUBSPECIES
Arnot's Chat (Angola)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla arnotti harterti
harterti / hartertiana / hartertianus
Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist, collector, Curator of Rothschild Mus., Tring (syn. Acestrura berlepschi, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, subsp. Alauda arvensis, syn. Aplonis opaca kurodai, subsp. Arses telescopthalmus, syn. Artamus leucoryn leucopygialis, Asthenes, Batrachostomus, syn. Brachypteryx leucophrys carolinae, subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus, subsp. Buteo buteo, Camaroptera, subsp. Campylorhynchus albobrunneus, syn. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Chalcites lucidus, syn. Chlorocichla simplex, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Circus aeruginosus, syn. Cisticola juncidis, syn. Columba delegorguei sharpei, subsp. Crypturellus soui, syn. Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae, syn. Cyornis unicolor cyanopolia, subsp. Dendrocopos major, subsp. Dicrurus macrocercus, syn. Dryobates minor colchicus, syn. Dyaphorophyia concreta graueri, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Entomyzon cyanotis, syn. Eophona migratoria sowerbyi, subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus, subsp. Eumyias panayensis, syn. Eurostopodus argus, Eurylaimus, syn. Falco peregrinus calidus, Ficedula, subsp. Fringilla coelebs, syn. Galerida theklae ruficolor, syn. Geospiza fuliginosa, subsp. Heleia superciliaris, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Hieraaetus pennatus, syn. Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri, syn. Icterus icterus, subsp. Illadopsis turdina, syn. Jynx torquilla sarudnyi, syn. Lagonosticta nitidula, subsp. Linaria cannabina, syn. Lullula arborea pallida, subsp. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus, subsp. Malacocincla sepiaria, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, syn. Metallura tyrianthina oreopola, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Monarcha cinerascens, subsp. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri, subsp. Myrmecocichla arnotti, subsp. Myzomela obscura, syn. Ochrospiza dorsostriata maculicollis, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, syn. Phylloscopus orientalis, syn. Phylloscopus reguloides assamensis, Phlogophilus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, subsp. Picumnus olivaceus, subsp. Pittasoma rufopileatum, subsp. Pnoepyga pusilla, syn. Poephila personata, subsp. Prionops caniceps, subsp. Psittacella brehmii, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, syn. Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor, syn. Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri, syn. Rhipidura rufifrons granti, subsp. Rhodinocichla rosea, syn. Rhyticeros plicatus, syn. Scotocerca inquieta, subsp. Sericornis frontalis, syn. Sitta europaea roseilia, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, syn. Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Tarphonomus, subsp. Terpsiphone viridis, Thapsinillas, syn. Treron curvirostra, syn. Vanellus miles, syn. Yuhina flavicollis rouxi, subsp. Zosterops citrinella, syn. Zosterops japonicus simplex).
Arnot's Chat (Arnot's)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla arnotti arnotti
arnotti
David Arnot (or Arnott) (1821-1894) South African attorney, agent for the Griqua peoples, farmer, diamond prospector, plant collector (Myrmecocichla).
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)