Moluccan Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Myiagra galeata
Protonym:  Myiagra galeata Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1860) (1860), Pt(28)3 p.352
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Myiagra
Taxonomy Code:  molfly1
Type Locality:  Batjan.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYIAGRA
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Leaden Flycatcher M. rubecula) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; αγρευω agreuō  to catch (cf. μυιαγρος muiagros  fly-catcher; myth. Myiagros, the Fly-catcher, an Elean god invoked against flies); "Genus. MYIÄGRA*.  Rostrum rectum, subbreve, depressum, basi latum, multo latius quam altum; mandibula superiore emarginata; naribus basalibus, ovalibus, setis plumulisque fere obtectis; rictu vibrissis fortibus hirsuto.  Alæ mediocres subrotundatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda duplo fere longiore, tertia quarta et quinta fere æqualibus longissimis.  Cauda mediocris, lata, æqualis aut interdum subfurcata.  Pedes graciles, mediocres; acrotarsiis scutellatis, scutorum suturis vix decernendis.  ...  1. RUBECULOIDES.  ...  2. PLUMBEA.  ...  3. MACROPTERA.  ...  Mr. Caley informs us that the boys of the colony used to call it Winter, the reason of which he does not give.  ...   *Mυια musca, and αγρευω venor." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Myiagra Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, p. 250. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Grau, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 32), Myiagra rubeculoides Vigors and Horsfield = Todus rubecula Latham." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 516). 
Synon. Lophomyiagra, Mastersornis, Piezorhynchus, Platygnathus, Seisura, Submyiagra.

galeata / galeatum / galeatus
L. galeatus  helmeted  < galea  helmet (usually refers to a full and conspicuous crest).
● ex “Red-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1802 (syn. Callocephalon fimbriatum).
● ex “Galeated Cassowary” of Latham 1785 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 189, and “Drongo” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Dicrurus forficatus).
● ex “Yahaná” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 379 (Gallinula).
● (syn. Knipolegus lophotes) (= ♀).
● (syn. Knipolegus nigerrimus) (= ♂).
● ex "Figuier huppé de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 1 (Lophotriccus).
● ex “Hocco du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pauxi pauxi).
● ex “Calao à casque rond” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 933, and “Helmet Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhinoplax vigil).

SUBSPECIES

Moluccan Flycatcher (galeata)
SCI Name: Myiagra galeata galeata
galeata / galeatum / galeatus
L. galeatus  helmeted  < galea  helmet (usually refers to a full and conspicuous crest).
● ex “Red-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1802 (syn. Callocephalon fimbriatum).
● ex “Galeated Cassowary” of Latham 1785 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 189, and “Drongo” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Dicrurus forficatus).
● ex “Yahaná” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 379 (Gallinula).
● (syn. Knipolegus lophotes) (= ♀).
● (syn. Knipolegus nigerrimus) (= ♂).
● ex "Figuier huppé de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 1 (Lophotriccus).
● ex “Hocco du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pauxi pauxi).
● ex “Calao à casque rond” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 933, and “Helmet Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhinoplax vigil).

Moluccan Flycatcher (buruensis)
SCI Name: Myiagra galeata buruensis
buruanus / buruensis
Buru I., Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.

Moluccan Flycatcher (seranensis)
SCI Name: Myiagra galeata seranensis
seranensis
Seran, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Seram, Indonesia.

Moluccan Flycatcher (goramensis)
SCI Name: Myiagra galeata goramensis
goramensis
Goram I., Watubela Is., Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Pulau Gorong, Indonesia.