Mottled Berryhunter

SCI Name:  Rhagologus leucostigma
Protonym:  Pachycephala leucostigma Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.933
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Rhagologidae / Rhagologus
Taxonomy Code:  motwhi1
Type Locality:  Arfak Mountains.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

RHAGOLOGUS
(Rhagologidae; Ϯ Mottled Berryhunter R. leucostigma) Gr. ῥαγολογος rhagologos  berry-gathering  < ῥαξ rhax, ῥαγος rhagos  berry; λεγω legō  to gather; "Rhagologus Stres. & Palud. (genus novum).  Typus und einzigen Art: Pachycephala leucostigma Salvadori, ein Vogel, der bisher mit Unrecht in die Insektenfresser-Gattung Pachycephala gestellt oder gar unter die am Boden laufenden Pachycephalopsis" (Stresemann & Paludan 1934). The Mottled Berryhunter, an aberrant Papuan endemic formerly known as Mottled Whistler, False Whistler or Rhagologus, has been allied to the woodswallows Artamidae and the whistlers Pachycephalidae.

leucostigma
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos  spot  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

SUBSPECIES

Mottled Berryhunter (leucostigma)
SCI Name: Rhagologus leucostigma leucostigma
leucostigma
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos  spot  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

Mottled Berryhunter (novus)
SCI Name: Rhagologus leucostigma novus
novus
L. novus new, fresh, recent.
● ex “White-chinned Tody” of Latham 1782 (unident.).

Mottled Berryhunter (obscurus)
SCI Name: Rhagologus leucostigma obscurus
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus  dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
● ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
● ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS.   ...   obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss.  ...  but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.).