Norfolk Robin

SCI Name:  Petroica multicolor
Protonym:  Muscicapa multicolor Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.944
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Petroica
Taxonomy Code:  pacrob2
Type Locality:  Norfolk Island.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

PETROICA
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Norfolk Island Robin P. multicolor) Gr. πετρα petra  rock, crag; οικος oikos  dwelling  < οικεω oikeō  to inhabit; "PETROICA multicolor.  Scarlet-breasted Robin.   Family Sylviadæ.   GENERIC CHARACTER.   Bill slender, the sides compressed, the tip gradually bent, and beset with bristles at the base.  Wings long; the first quill spurious; the second intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh.  Tarsi elevated, the inner toe manifestly shorter than the external toe.  Tail broad, even.   ...  Lewin, who wrote upon the spot, observes that although in some respects solitary, it frequents the abodes of man in winter, like the Robin; which it further resembles in its note.  ...   Mr. Caley mentions that he saw "this bird in November" (our European summer), "when far distant in the mountains, in the roughest part of the country I had then or since visited." Linn. Tr. 15. p. 245.  Mr. Caley, moreover, as if perfectly aware of its natural affinities, names it the Australian Redstart." (Swainson 1830); "Petroica Swainson, 1830, Zool. Illustr., ser. 2, pt. 8, pl. 36 and text. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa multicolor Gmelin." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 562).   
Var. Petroeca.   
Synon. Belchera, Erythrodryas, Littlera, Miro, Myiomoira, Myioscopus, Nesomiro, Whiteornis.

multicolor
L. multicolor, multicoloris  multi-coloured, many coloured  < multus  many; color, coloris  colour.
● ex “Pic à cravate noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 863, “Pic à cravate noire” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Celeus torquatus).
● ex “Varied Shrike” of Latham 1822 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Petite Sarcelle de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (?syn. Dendrocygna sp.).
● ex “Red-bellied Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Petroica).
● ex “Figuier noir et jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 2, “Figuier noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous and black Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “White-collared Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus).
● ex “Harlequin Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (unident.).