Chinspot Batis / Batis molitor
Chinspot Batis
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa molitor Voeg.AsienAfrikaAmerikaNeuholland ["1836"] Lief.20 pl.2,text
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Batis
Taxonomy Code: chibat1
Type Locality: South Africa. Type, in Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, from Kaffirland, fide Neumann, 1907, Journ. Ornith., 55, p. 356, from Baviaans River, eastern Cape Province, fide Stresemann, 1954, Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, n. s., 4°, Sci. Zool., 1, p. 81.
Author: Küster
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BATIS
(Platysteiridae; Ϯ Cape Batis B. capensis) Gr. βατις batis, βατιδος batidos grub- or worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle, not further identified, but later associated with a variety of buntings, warblers and chats, including the Western Stonechat (e.g. Turner 1544); "Fam. Muscicapidae. Vigors. Sippe Batis. Char. essentialis. 1) Gefieder weiß und schwarz bey ♂, bey ♀ rostfarben und weiß. 2) Länge 5—8 Zoll. 3) Die obere Kinnlade an der Spitze über die untere gekrümmt. 4) 3te Schwungfeder die längste. 5) Die fast ganz von Federn bedeckten Nasenlöcher auf der obern Fläche des Schnabels. Arten. Africa: 1) Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein, Museum Berlin. 2) — melanoleuca Licht. Vaill. pl. 161. 3) — molitor Vaill. pl. 160. 4) Muscicapa fimbriata Licht. Mus. Berl. 5) — succincta Licht. — — Asien: 1) Muscicapa hirundinacea Fem. Mehrere dieser Vögel, von denen das Berliner Museum eine schöne Reihenfolge besitzt, wurden schon von Vaillant, jenem ausgezeichneten, so oft ohne ihn zu nennen benutzten, Naturforscher als einander sehr nahe stehend bezeichnet" (Boie 1833). Boie appears to have thought that the calls of the various flycatchers described by Levaillant and Lichtenstein recalled those of the Stonechat (cf. Gr. βατος batos bramble) (see molitor and rubetra); "Batis Boie, 1833, Isis von Oken, col. 880. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 133), [Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein =] Muscicapa capensis Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 378).
Synon. Pachyprora.
molitor
L. molitor, molitoris miller < moliri to toil < moles, molis difficulty; French name “Môlenar” given to the Cape Batis B. capensis by Levaillant 1805 < Cape Dutch moolenar miller; "Molinar (meunier), est le nom que les colons du Cap de Bonne-Espérance et les Hottentots ont imposé à cet oiseau, parce que le ramage du mâle semble imiter le bruit de la meule d'un moulin à bras, dont on se sert dans cette colonie, pour moudre le grain" (Vieillot 1818); "Muscicapa molitor. Lichtenst. Müller-Flügenfänger [sic]. [Lieferung XX. Tafel 2, labelled "Müller-Fliegenfänger"]" (Küster 1850) (German Müller miller) (Batis).
SUBSPECIES
Chinspot Batis (pintoi)
SCI Name: Batis molitor pintoi
pintoi
● Olivério Mário de Oliveira Pinto (1896-1981) Brazilian ornithologist (syn. Aratinga maculata, syn. Megascops atricapilla, syn. Pulsatrix pulsatrix, syn. Ramphastos vitellinus ariel, subsp. Xiphorhynchus fuscus).
● Dr António Augusto da Rosa Pinto (1904-1986) Portuguese ornithologist, Director of Lourenço Marques Mus. 1953-1960 (subsp. Batis molitor, subsp. Calamonastes stierlingi, syn. Cinnyris gertrudis, subsp. Mirafra rufocinnamomea).
Chinspot Batis (puella)
SCI Name: Batis molitor puella
puella
L. puella girl, maiden < puellus little boy < dim. puer boy.
● ex “Fairy Roller” of Latham 1787 (Irena).
Chinspot Batis (palliditergum)
SCI Name: Batis molitor palliditergum
palliditergum
L. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale; tergum back, rear.
Chinspot Batis (molitor)
SCI Name: Batis molitor molitor
molitor
L. molitor, molitoris miller < moliri to toil < moles, molis difficulty; French name “Môlenar” given to the Cape Batis B. capensis by Levaillant 1805 < Cape Dutch moolenar miller; "Molinar (meunier), est le nom que les colons du Cap de Bonne-Espérance et les Hottentots ont imposé à cet oiseau, parce que le ramage du mâle semble imiter le bruit de la meule d'un moulin à bras, dont on se sert dans cette colonie, pour moudre le grain" (Vieillot 1818); "Muscicapa molitor. Lichtenst. Müller-Flügenfänger [sic]. [Lieferung XX. Tafel 2, labelled "Müller-Fliegenfänger"]" (Küster 1850) (German Müller miller) (Batis).
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)