Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Culicicapa ceylonensis
Protonym:  Platyrhynchus Ceylonensis Zool.Ill. 1 pl.13,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Stenostiridae / Culicicapa
Taxonomy Code:  gyhcaf1
Type Locality:  Ceylon.
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1820
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.

ceylanensis / ceylanica / ceylonense / ceylonensis / ceylonicus / ceylonus
Ceylon (Portuguese name Ceilaõ given to the island by early explorers, from Pali Sinhalana land of lions) / Sri Lanka.
● ex “Drongri” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 170, and “Drongri Shrike” of Latham 1822 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Ceylonese Crested Falcon” of Latham 1781 (subsp. Nisaetus cirrhatus).

SUBSPECIES

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (calochrysea)
SCI Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis calochrysea
calochrysea
Gr. καλος kalos  beautiful; χρυσεος khruseos  golden  < χρυσος khrusos  gold.

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (ceylonensis)
SCI Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis ceylonensis
ceylanensis / ceylanica / ceylonense / ceylonensis / ceylonicus / ceylonus
Ceylon (Portuguese name Ceilaõ given to the island by early explorers, from Pali Sinhalana land of lions) / Sri Lanka.
● ex “Drongri” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 170, and “Drongri Shrike” of Latham 1822 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Ceylonese Crested Falcon” of Latham 1781 (subsp. Nisaetus cirrhatus).

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (antioxantha)
SCI Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis antioxantha
antioxantha
Gr. αντιος antios  opposite, contrary; ξανθος xanthos  yellow.

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (sejuncta)
SCI Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis sejuncta
sejuncta
L. seiunctus  separated, divided, parted  < seiungere  to separate.

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (connectens)
SCI Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis connectens
connectans / connectens
L. connectens  joined, connected, united  < connectere  to unite.