Citrine Canary-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Culicicapa helianthea
Protonym:  Culicicapa helianthea Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.476
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Stenostiridae / Culicicapa
Taxonomy Code:  citcaf1
Type Locality:  Menado (= Manado), Celebes.
Author:  Wallace
Publish Year:  1865
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CULICICAPA
(Stenostiridae; • Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher C. ceylonensis) L. culex, culicis  gnat; capere  to seize; "338. CULICICAPA CINEREOCAPILLA (Vieill.); Sw. Zool. Ill. pl. 13.  Szechuen province, in the gorges of the Yangtsze river.  The former generic name of this species (Cryptolopha) having been preoccupied, I propose to apply to it the above term." (Swinhoe 1871); "Culicicapa Swinhoe, 1871, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 381.  New name for Cryptolopha Swainson, 1838, considered preoccupied (I have yet to discover the prior homonym)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Cryptolopha, Empidothera, Myialestes, Platyrhynchus, Xantholestes.

helianthea
Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; ανθειον antheion blossom, flower.

Helianthea
(Trochilidae; syn. Coeligena † Blue-throated Starfrontlet C. helianthea) Specific name Ornismya helianthea Lesson, 1839; "Genus HELIANTHEA.   Gen. char.—Rostrum longum, rectum vel sursum aliquanto tendens, cylindraceum.  Nares basales, et plumis a rostri basi porrectis, obtectæ.  Alæ mediocres, et validæ.  Cauda mediocris, et occlusa, paululum furcata.  Pedes perparvi.  Tarsi admodum breves, et plumis induti.  Hallux brevissimus.   ...   Types, Trochilus helianthea and Bonapartii.   Remark.— Plumage of the males rich and beautiful in the extreme." (Gould 1848); "Helianthea Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 11.  Type, by tautonymy, Ornismya helianthea Lesson." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 98).

SUBSPECIES

Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (septentrionalis)
SCI Name: Culicicapa helianthea septentrionalis
septentrionale / septentrionales / septentrionalis / septentrionalium
L. septemtrionalis  northern  < septemtrio  north.
● Erroneous TL "Northern parts of America" (= Tonga Tabu); ex “Northern Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).

Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (zimmeri)
SCI Name: Culicicapa helianthea zimmeri
zimmeri
Dr John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957) US ornithologist, taxonomist (subsp. Amazilia lactea, subsp. Atlapetes semirufus, subsp. Cnemathraupis eximia, subsp. Culicicapa helianthea, subsp. Deconychura pallida, syn. Hemispingus superciliaris chrysophrys, subsp. Hemitriccus obsoletus, subsp. Metriopelia ceciliae, subsp. Microeca fascinans, subsp. Myrmotherula longipennis, syn. Piranga hepatica, Scytalopus, Synallaxis, syn. Thamnophilus stictocephalus, subsp. Tolmomyias flaviventris, syn. Tyrannus melancholicus).

Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (panayensis)
SCI Name: Culicicapa helianthea panayensis
panaya / panayana / panayanus / panayensis / panayus
Panay I., Philippines.
● ex “Petit Merle” or “Musicien de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (Aplonis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex “Coliou de l’île de Panay” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan Coly” of Latham 1783 (syn. Colius striatus).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de l’île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Panayan spotted Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus mindanensis).
● Erroneous TL. Panay (= Gamtoos, South Africa); ex "Veuve en feu" and "Veuve à poitrine rouge" of de Buffon 1770-1783, "Veuve de l'Île de Panay" of Sonnerat 1776, and "Panayan Bunting" of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes ardens).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer de l’Île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Onychoprion anaethetus).

Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (mayri)
SCI Name: Culicicapa helianthea mayri
mayri
Dr Ernst Walter Mayr (1904-2005) German evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, systematist (syn. Aerodramus hirundinaceus, subsp. Amblyornis macgregoriae, subsp. Athene brama, syn. Burhinus oedicnemus indicus, subsp. Cecropis daurica, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, syn. Cinclosoma castanotum, subsp. Culicicapa helianthea, subsp. Ficedula westermanni, subsp. Lewinia pectoralis, subsp. Lonchura spectabilis, subsp. Megalaima virens, syn. Mixornis gularis rubicapilla, subsp. Mulleripicus funebris, syn. Phonygammus keraudrenii purpureoviolaceus, syn. Pogoniulus chrysoconus, Ptiloprora, subsp. Ptilorrhoa leucosticta, Rallicula, syn. Rhinortha chlorophaea, subsp. Roraimia adusta, subsp. Sarcophanops steerii, subsp. Tregellasia leucops, subsp. Trugon terrestris, subsp. Turnix maculosus, subsp. Zapornia pusilla).

Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (helianthea)
SCI Name: Culicicapa helianthea helianthea
helianthea
Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; ανθειον antheion blossom, flower.