Celestial Monarch / Hypothymis coelestis
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Celestial Monarch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hypothymis coelestis Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 20 p.536
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Hypothymis
Taxonomy Code: celmon1
Type Locality: Dinagat Island, Philippines.
Author: Tweeddale
Publish Year: 1877
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HYPOTHYMIS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Black-naped Monarch H. azurea) Gr. ὑποθυμις hupothumis unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin. ... Hypothymis: Musc. caerulea Vaill. Afr. pl. 153." (Boie 1826); "Hypothymis Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa caerulea Gmelin = Muscicapa azurea Boddaert." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 472).
Var. Hypothimis, Hypothimus.
Synon. Camiguinia, Cyanomyias, Haplornis, Muscylva.
● (syn. Ptiliogonys Ϯ Grey Silky-flycatcher P. cinereus) "Gen. PTILOGONYS Sws. 1824. Federknie. (Ptiliogonys et Ptiliogonatus Sws. Hypothymis Licht nec Boie. Lepturus Less 1838.) 334. 1. P. cinereus Sws. ... Hypothymis chrysorrhoëa Licht. Temm. Pl. col. 452 mas. Hypothymis mexicana Licht. in Mus. Berol." (Cabanis 1853).
coelestis
L. coelestis or caelestis heavenly, glorious < caelum heaven (cf. Med. L. celestis sky-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)
