Mangrove Robin

SCI Name:  Eopsaltria pulverulenta
Protonym:  Myiolestes pulverulentus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.358
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Eopsaltria
Taxonomy Code:  manrob1
Type Locality:  New Guinea = Utanata River, southern New Guinea, fide Mayr, 1941, List New Guinea Birds, p. 143
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EOPSALTRIA
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Eastern Yellow Robin E. australis) Gr. εως eōs or ηως ēōs dawn; ψαλτρια psaltria singer  < ψαλλω psallō  to sing, to play the lyre; the loud, whistled calls of the Eastern Yellow Robin are the first of the dawn chorus; "32. Sub-genus, EÖPSALTRIA *.  (Generis Pachycephalæ, Sw.)   Rostrum Pachycephalæ sed majus elongatum, rectum; apice adunca, gonyde recta; basi vibrissis paucis cinctum.  Alæ longiusculæ, remigibus tribus prioribus gradatis.  Pedes graciles.  Tarsi elevati.  Ungues longi.  Digiti laterales valde inæquales; duo exteriores basi connexi.  Hallux elongatus sed digito medio brevior.  Cauda longiuscula, æqualis.    Type.—Yellow-breasted Thrush. LEWIN, Birds of N. S. W., pl. 23. (Muscicapa Australis, AUCT.)  ...  * Th. εως Aurora, et ψαλτρια cantatrix." (Swainson 1831); "Eopsaltria Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 2 (1831), p. 492.  Type, by original designation, Motacilla australis J. White." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 571). 
Var. Eoepsaltria, Eiopsaltria, Eöpsaltria.

pulverulenta / pulverulentus
L. pulverulentus  dusty, powdered  < pulvis, pulveris  dust.
● ex “Meunier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 861, “Meunier” or “Crick poudré” of de Buffon 1765-1781, and “Mealy Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona farinosa).

SUBSPECIES

Mangrove Robin (pulverulenta)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta pulverulenta
pulverulenta / pulverulentus
L. pulverulentus  dusty, powdered  < pulvis, pulveris  dust.
● ex “Meunier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 861, “Meunier” or “Crick poudré” of de Buffon 1765-1781, and “Mealy Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona farinosa).

Mangrove Robin (leucura)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta leucura
leucura
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros  white-tailed  < λευκος leukos  white; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura tail.
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “White-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiomela leucura).
● ex “White-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Oenanthe).
● ex “Gros-bec du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 135, fig. 1 (subsp. Pinicola enucleator).
● ex “Black Sandpiper” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1787 (syn. Tringa ochropus). 

Mangrove Robin (cinereiceps)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta cinereiceps
cinereiceps
L. cinereus  ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Mangrove Robin (alligator)
SCI Name: Eopsaltria pulverulenta alligator
alligator
Alligator Rivers Region (East Alligator River, West Alligator River, South Alligator River), Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.