Ochre-breasted Catbird

SCI Name:  Ailuroedus stonii
Protonym:  Aeluraedus stonii Nature 14 p.339
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ptilonorhynchidae / Ailuroedus
Taxonomy Code:  ocbcat1
Type Locality:  Laloki River, southeast New Guinea.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

AILUROEDUS
(Ptilonorhynchidae; Ϯ Green Catbird A. crassirostris) Gr. αιλουρος ailouros  cat; αοιδος aoidos or ωδος ōdos  singer  < αειδω aeidō  to sing;  "Cat-Bird of the Colonists of New South Wales  ...  In comparing it to the nightly concerts of the domestic cat, I conceive that I am conveying to my readers a more perfect idea of the note of this species than could be given by pages of description. This concert, is performed either by a pair or several individuals, and nothing more is required than for the hearer to shut his eyes to the surrounding foliage to fancy himself surrounded by London grimalkins of house-top celebrity." (Gould 1865); "Gen. PTILORHYNCHUS Kuhl 1820.*)  Atlasvogel   ...   *) Von Ptilorhynchus wird generisch zu trennen sein, nicht nur durch die, gerade zu dem Gattungsnamen widersprechende, fehlende Befiederung der Nasenlöcher, sondern auch durch mannigfache Abweichungen, z. B. in den Färbungsgesetzen und sicher in der Lebensweise:  Gen.  Ailuroedus nov. gen.  Katzenpirol. —  (Von αιλουρος, Katze und ωδος, Sänger.)   A. Smithi. — Ptilonorhynchus Smithii Vig. Horsf. Gould." (Cabanis 1853); "Ailuroedus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 213, note. Type, by monotypy, Ptilonorhynchus Smithii Vigors and Horsfield = Lanius crassirostris Paykull." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, p. 172).
Var. Aeluraedus, Aeluroedus.
Synon. Buccokitta, Chlorokitta, Kitta.

stonii
Octavius Chamberlin Stone (1846-1933) English ethnographer, explorer in Australia and New Guinea 1875-1876, collector, traveller in Europe (subsp. Ailuroedus buccoides).

SUBSPECIES

Ochre-breasted Catbird (cinnamomeus)
SCI Name: Ailuroedus stonii cinnamomeus
cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus  cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous  < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum  cinnamon  < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon  cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).

Ochre-breasted Catbird (stonii)
SCI Name: Ailuroedus stonii stonii
stonii
Octavius Chamberlin Stone (1846-1933) English ethnographer, explorer in Australia and New Guinea 1875-1876, collector, traveller in Europe (subsp. Ailuroedus buccoides).