Chat Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Agricola infuscatus
Protonym:  Saxicola infuscata Ill.Zool.S.Afr. pl.28
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Agricola
Taxonomy Code:  chafly2
Type Locality:  between the Olifants and Orange Rivers, South Africa; restricted to Booisberg, near Nuwerus, western Cape Province, by Winterbottom, 1958, Ostrich, 29, p. 157.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AGRICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Chat Flycatcher A. infuscatus) L. agricola  farmer, tiller of the fields  < ager, agri  field; -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell in; "Agricola, sagement créé par le voyageur-naturaliste Jules Verreaux, pour Saxicola infuscata, et une seconde espèce de moitié plus petite, lui ressemblant par la couleur (Sax. baroica, Sm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Agricola Bonaparte, 1854, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVIII, p. 6.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 143 (Appendix)), Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Haganopsornis.

agricola
L. agricola  farmer, tiller of the fields, countryman, peasant  < ager, agri  field; -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell in.

infuscata / infuscatus
L. infuscatus  dusky  < infuscare  to make dark  < infuscus  dusky, blackish.
● ex “Curucáu Afeytado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 365 (Phimosus).
● ex “Perroquet à franges souci” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Poicephalus robustus).

SUBSPECIES

Chat Flycatcher (benguellensis)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus benguellensis
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.

Chat Flycatcher (namaquensis)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus namaquensis
namaqua / namaquensis / namaquus
Namaqualand, Namibia.
● ex “Namaqua Grous” of Latham 1783 (Pterocles).

Chat Flycatcher (placidus)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus placidus
placida / placidus
L. placidus  quiet, placid, gentle  < placere  to please.

Chat Flycatcher (seimundi)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus seimundi
seimundi
Eibert Carl Henry Seimund (?1878-1942) British taxidermist, collector in South Africa 1899-1903, Fernando Póo 1904, and Malaya 1906-1916 (subsp. Agricola infuscatus, Anthreptes, syn. Aplopelia simplex, Treron).

Chat Flycatcher (infuscatus)
SCI Name: Agricola infuscatus infuscatus
infuscata / infuscatus
L. infuscatus  dusky  < infuscare  to make dark  < infuscus  dusky, blackish.
● ex “Curucáu Afeytado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 365 (Phimosus).
● ex “Perroquet à franges souci” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Poicephalus robustus).