Green-backed Robin

SCI Name:  Pachycephalopsis hattamensis
Protonym:  Pachycephala hattamensis Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 69 p.391
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Pachycephalopsis
Taxonomy Code:  grbrob1
Type Locality:  Hatam, Arfak Mountains; altitude 3,550 feet.
Author:  Meyer, AB
Publish Year:  1874
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYCEPHALOPSIS
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Green-backed Robin P. hattamensis) Genus Pachycephala Vigors, 1825, whistler; Gr. οψις opsis  appearance; "47. Pachycephalopsis (³) hattamensis (Meyer), Sitzb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXIX, p. 391 (1874).  Hab. in Papuasia — Nova Guinea, Hatam   ...   (³) Novum genus PACHYCEPHALOPSIS differt a genere PACHYCEPHALA tarsis elongatis, digitis longioribus et cauda breviuscula." (Salvadori 1879).

hattamensis
Hattam, Arfak Mts., New Guinea.

SUBSPECIES

Green-backed Robin (hattamensis)
SCI Name: Pachycephalopsis hattamensis hattamensis
hattamensis
Hattam, Arfak Mts., New Guinea.

Green-backed Robin (ernesti)
SCI Name: Pachycephalopsis hattamensis ernesti
ernesti
● Ernest Hose (?1872-?1968) English rubber planter in Borneo, collector (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (subsp. Falco peregrinus).
● Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist, Curator of Rothschild Mus., Tring (subsp. Lonchura grandis, subsp. Oenanthe leucopyga, syn. Symposiachrus axillaris, subsp. Tyto alba).
● Dr Ernst Walter Mayr (1904-2005) German evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, systematist (subsp. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis).
● Ernest Henry Saunders (1865-?1943) English naturalist, collector in Australia 1887-1889 and Kenya 1899 (P. Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Pinarochroa sordida).
● See: ernestisecundi (syn. Coccopygia quartinia).

Green-backed Robin (axillaris)
SCI Name: Pachycephalopsis hattamensis axillaris
axillaris
L. axillaris  of the armpit  < axilla  armpit.
● ex “Axillary Falcon” of Latham 1801 (Elanus).

Green-backed Robin (insularis)
SCI Name: Pachycephalopsis hattamensis insularis
insularis
L. insularis  of an island  < insula, insulae  island.
● Ceylon (= Sri Lanka) (syn. Accipiter badius, subsp. Chloropsis aurifrons, subsp. Dicrurus caerulescens, subsp. Prinia inornata).
● New Caledonia (syn. Accipiter fasciatus vigilax).
● Phu-Quoc I., Cochin China (=Vietnam) (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja).
● Andaman Is., Bay of Bengal (subsp. Amaurornis phoenicurus).
● Bahrain, Arabian Gulf (subsp. Ammomanes deserti)
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar (= Zanzibar) (subsp. Andropadus importunus).
● Santa Cruz I., Channel Is., California, USA (subsp. Aphelocoma californica, subsp. Eremophila alpestris).
● Rennell I., Solomon Is. (Aplonis).
● Jobi I. (= Japen = Yapen), New Guinea (Arses, subsp. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis).
● Sardinia (Bubo).
● Fernando Póo (= Bioko), Gulf of Guinea (syn. Campethera tullbergi, syn. Cinnyris chloropygius).
● Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (syn. Cathartes aura, subsp. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● Aldabra, Indian Ocean (subsp. Centropus toulou).
● Sardinia (syn. Coccothraustes coccothraustes).
● Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea (subsp. Columbina passerina).
● New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (Corvus).
● Formosa/Taiwan (subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, Myophonus, syn. Garrulus bispecularis).
● Borneo (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● Nicobar Is., Bay of Bengal (syn. Ducula aenea nicobarica).
● Corsica (syn. Emberiza calandra, syn. Saxicola rubicola).
● Socotra (subsp. Emberiza tahapisi, Passer).
● Weda Is., Halmahera, Indonesia (syn. Eos squamata).
● Tres Marías Is., Nayarit, Mexico (Forpus, subsp. Myadestes occidentalis, subsp. Nyctidromus albicollis, subsp. Pachyramphus aglaiae, subsp. Setophaga pitiayumi, syn. Zenaida asiatica).
● Lord Howe I., Tasman Sea (syn. Fregetta grallaria, ‡Gerygone).
● Rottnest I., Western Australia (syn. Gavicalis virescens).
● Meco I., Quintana Roo, Mexico (subsp. Habia fuscicauda).
● Ship I., off Gulfport, Mississippi, USA (syn. Hirundo rustica erythrogaster).
● Tobago (Hylophilus, subsp. Platyrinchus mystaceus, subsp. Psarocolius decumanus).
● Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico (Junco).
● Isla Margarita, Venezuela (syn. Leptotila verreauxi,  subsp. Quiscalus lugubris).
● New Providence, Bahamas (sym. Leuconotopicus villosus maynardi).
● King I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Melithreptus brevirostris).
● Kangean Is., Java Sea, Indonesia (subsp. Oriolus chinensis).
● Fergusson I., D'Entrecasteaux Is., Papua New Guinea (Otidiphaps).
● Mahé I., Seychelles (Otus).
● Kodiak I., Alaska, USA (subsp. Passerella unalaschcensis).
● Honshu, Japan (subsp. Periparus ater).
● Stewart I., New Zealand (syn. Poodytes punctatus).
● Henderson I., Pitcairn Group, Pacific Ocean (Ptilinopus).
● Naochow I., Kwangtung, China (syn. Pycnonotus aurigaster resurrectus).
● Banggai I., North Borneo (syn. Pycnonotus plumosus hachisukae).
● Madagascar (Sarothrura, subsp. Thalassornis leuconotus).
● Forsyth I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Sericornis frontalis).
● Grand Bahama I., Bahamas (Sitta).
● Trinidad (syn. Sporophila intermedia).
● Nias I., Sumatra (subsp. Terpsiphone affinis).
● Terangan I., Aru Is., Indonesia (syn. Todiramphus macleayii).
● Isla Socorro, Colima, Mexico (syn. Troglodytes sissonii).
● Erroneous TL. São Vicente, Cape Verde Is. (= St. Vincent, West Indies) (subsp. Tyto glaucops).
● Vancouver I., British Columbia, Canada (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● Stephens I., Cook Strait, New Zealand (‡syn. Xenicus lyalli).
● Curaçao, Dutch Antilles (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).
● Tanegashima, south of Kyushu, Japan (subsp. Zosterops japonicus).

Green-backed Robin (lecroyae)
SCI Name: Pachycephalopsis hattamensis lecroyae
lecroyae / lecroyana
Mary Kathryn LeCroy née Strother (b. 1935) US ornithologist (subsp. Amblyornis macgregoriae, subsp. Edolisoma mindanense, syn. Euphonia xanthogaster badissima, subsp. Pachycare flavogriseum, subsp. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis).