Black-and-white Warbler

SCI Name:  Mniotilta varia
Protonym:  Motacilla varia Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.333
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Parulidae / Mniotilta
Taxonomy Code:  bawwar
Type Locality:  Jamaica and Santo Domingo; restricted to Santo Domingo by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1910, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, p. 304.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MNIOTILTA
(Parulidae; Ϯ Black-and-white Warbler M. varia) Gr. μνιον mnion  seaweed (doubtless an error for μνιοεις mnioeis  moss); τιλλω tillō  to pluck; "Vieillot wrote sometimes mniotilta, sometimes mniotilla. The conjectured application is to the weaving of moss into a nest." (Coues 1882); "MNIOTILTE, Mniotilta.  Motacilla, Lin. Sylvia, Lath.  Bec court, grêle, droit, entier, comprimé; mandibules égales, aiguës. — Pouce grêle, alongé.   Esp. Figuier varié, Buff.   ...   Mniotilta [μνιον, muscus, τιλλω, vello]." (Vieillot 1816); "Mniotilta Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 45. Type, by monotypy, "Figuier varié" Buffon = Motacilla varia Linnaeus." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters 1968, XIV, 4).
Var. Mniotilla.
Synon. Niniotello, Oxyglossus.

varia
L. varius  various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Ispida ex albo et nigro varia” of Brisson 1760, and “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Ceryle rudis).
● ex “Roi des Fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702 (Grallaria).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Megaceryle maxima).
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  varia.  23. M. albo nigroque maculata, fasciis alarum duabus albis, cauda bifida.  Ficedula  dominicensis varia. Briss. av. 3. p. 529. t. 27. f. 5.  Muscicapa fusco & albo varia. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 309. t. 265. f. 1. Raj. av. 186.  Habitat in Jamaica, Dominica." (Linnaeus 1766) (Mniotilta).
● ex “Pardali bellonii congener” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and “Vanellus varius” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pluvialis squatarola).
● ex “Motacilla velia” of Desmarest 1805 (syn. Tangara velia).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 301, fig. 1 (Tangara).
● ex “Varied Parrakeet” of Latham 1785 (syn.Vini peruviana).