Mountain Wheatear / Myrmecocichla monticola
Mountain Wheatear
SCI Name:
Protonym: Oenanthe monticola Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.434
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myrmecocichla
Taxonomy Code: mouwhe1
Type Locality: Namaqualand.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYRMECOCICHLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Southern Anteater Chat M. formicivora) Gr. μυρμηξ murmēx, μυρμηκος murmēkos ant; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Le MOTTEUX FOURMILIER, Œnanthe formicivora, Vieill. ... Le nom de fourmilier que M. Levaillant lui a imposé, vient de ce qu'il se tient plus particulièrement dans les plaines où les fourmis élèvent de petites monticules, sur le haut desquelles il aime à se percher; il se nourrit aussi de leurs larves." (Vieillot 1818); "Gen. MYRMECOCICHLA nov. gen. *) Ameisenschmätzer. 52. 1. M. formicivora Nob. — Traquet fourmillier Le Vaill. tab. 186.87. Sylvia formicivora Vieill. Encycl. méth. No. 210. ... *) Von μυρμηξ, Ameise; Kιχλη, Drossel; der gebognere Schnabel, die kürzern nicht zugespitzten Flügel und die viel stärkeren kräftigeren Beine mit höheren Läufen und stärker entwickelten Nägeln sind für sich schon genügende Unterschiede dieser Gruppe von Monticola. Als weitere Arten gehören hierher: 1) M. aethiops Nob. Turdus aethiops Licht. Mus. Berol. vom Senegal. ... 2) M. nigra Nob. Saxicola nigra (Vieill.) Traquet Commandeur Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afrique tab. 189." (Cabanis 1853); "Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 8. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 35), Oenanthe formicivora Vieillot." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 115).
Synon. Dromolaea.
MONTICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush M. saxatilis) L. monticola mountain-dweller, mountaineer < mons, montis mountain; -cola inhabitant < colere to dwell; "22. Familie. Drosseln, Turdus. 43. Gattung. Monticola.2 85. saxatilis 86. cyanus. ... 2 Unterscheidendes Kennzeichen der Gattung: das rostrothe oder schieferblaue Gefieder." (Boie 1822); "Monticola Boie, 1822, Isis, col. 552. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1847, Gen. Birds, 1, p. 220), Turdus saxatilis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 135).
Synon. Colonocincla, Cyanocincla, Migratorius, Notiocichla, Notiocincla, Orocetes, Oroscirtetes, Petrocincla, Petrocossyphus, Petrophila, Petrornis, Pseudocossyphus.
monticola
L. monticola mountain-dweller < mons, montis mountain; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit.
● Namaqualand; ex “Traquet Montagnard” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 184, fig. 2 (Dromolaea).
● Hudson’s Bay; ex “Mountain Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Spizella arborea).
● Canada; ex “Moineau du Canada” of Brisson 1760, and d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 223, fig. 2, and “Soulciet” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (?syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).
SUBSPECIES
Mountain Wheatear (albipileata)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla monticola albipileata
albipileata
L. albus white; pileatus capped < pileus cap.
Mountain Wheatear (nigricauda)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla monticola nigricauda
nigricauda
L. niger black; cauda tail.
Mountain Wheatear (atmorii)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla monticola atmorii
atmorii
● William Atmore (1814-1877) English civil engineer, surveyor, naturalist in South Africa 1844-1877 (froze to death in a snow storm) (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (subsp. Myrmecocichla monticola).
● T. C. Atmore (fl. 1871) collector resident in South Africa (subsp. Zosterops pallidus).
Mountain Wheatear (monticola)
SCI Name: Myrmecocichla monticola monticola
MONTICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush M. saxatilis) L. monticola mountain-dweller, mountaineer < mons, montis mountain; -cola inhabitant < colere to dwell; "22. Familie. Drosseln, Turdus. 43. Gattung. Monticola.2 85. saxatilis 86. cyanus. ... 2 Unterscheidendes Kennzeichen der Gattung: das rostrothe oder schieferblaue Gefieder." (Boie 1822); "Monticola Boie, 1822, Isis, col. 552. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1847, Gen. Birds, 1, p. 220), Turdus saxatilis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 135).
Synon. Colonocincla, Cyanocincla, Migratorius, Notiocichla, Notiocincla, Orocetes, Oroscirtetes, Petrocincla, Petrocossyphus, Petrophila, Petrornis, Pseudocossyphus.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)